1. Games and Simulation Design: From
a Hostage Rescue Game to
Geothermal Energy on Mars in
Virtual Harmony
Cynthia Calongne, D.CS. Andrew Stricker, Ph.D.
Colorado Technical Air University
University
2. Time for reflection…
“HERE IS EDWARD BEAR,
COMING DOWNSTAIRS NOW,
BUMP, BUMP, BUMP,
ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD
BEHIND CHRISTOPHER ROBIN.
IT IS, AS FAR AS HE KNOWS,
THE ONLY WAY OF COMING
DOWNSTAIRS
BUT SOMETIMES,
HE FEELS THAT
THERE REALLY MUST BE
A BETTER WAY…
IF ONLY HE COULD STOP
BUMPING FOR A MOMENT
AND THINK OF IT.”
3. The Context: How can games and
simulations be designed for helping
digital natives learn?
Design factors...
“Wet” ware “Sim” ware
8. Examples of games and simulations for
learning in a 3D world...
Operation Relief Worker
Rescue Challenge
A team-based strategy challenge
game set in a game simulation kit
Mars Expedition
Strategy Challenge
Studying deep space exploration
Challenge in a context-rich
environment
28. The model manipulative...
Inferencing about
Diagnosis,
system variables and
Observations using Assessment of current identification of
interdependencies
system model
system state
recovery/solution
through manipulation
steps, implementation
of system model
System Model
Interface
Observable
events
Controller(s)
Commands
Real-time Control
Failure Diagnosis
Failure Recovery
