RE: [ifets] Re: Games

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Brett Bixler (bxb11@psu.edu)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 10:13:41 -0500 

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 10:13:41 -0500
From: Brett Bixler <bxb11@psu.edu>
Subject: RE: [ifets] Re: Games

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At 2:05 PM -0400 9/5/98, Joe Beckmann wrote:
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>Read Clark Abt's old book, Serious Games. There is more than winning and
>losing as an incentive: interaction, leadership, followership, creativity
>against the odds, the illusion of control (as Ellen Langer suggests) in the
>face of random circumstance, and the mystery of uncovering greater depth
>from superficial observation (as in Riven and Myst, for example). These are
>all qualities which can be infused in CBT or on the net, but very few have
>either the wit, wisdom or technology to bother. They are, however, the
>qualities of enduring games, which are not unlike the qualities of enduring
>novels, films, and other media. Perhaps, as a new medium, CBT and IT are
>just too techie-based to have developed such a voice.
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>On the other hand <grin> there are examples like Riven and Myst and a few
>other highly commercial games which are not just goal oriented, win-lose
>events. Is there ANY example of similar curriculum or online education??
>
>Joe Beckmann
>Oekos Foundation
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Lloyd Reiber has written some very interesting articles on games and CAI.
Check ETR&D for some of his pubs.

I've always thought games were a great way to introduce new content. Check out

http://www.clat.psu.edu/homes/bxb11/Software/Software.html

for some demos of CAI simulations I've developed in the past that have
game-like elements in them.

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