2. Remixing Play for a
Gameful learning
experience
Sylvester Arnab, PhD
Professor inGameScience
http://sylvesterarnab.com
DisruptiveMediaLearningLab(DMLL.org.uk)
CoventryUniversity,UK
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12. “Games are a particular
manifestation of play, not its
totality.”
“They happen to be a good starting
point for an investigation of play
because the formality of their rules
makes the machinery of play easier to
observe and analyse”
Upton, 2015
13. • If you have played a game (any games)this
month, continue to stand up if not take a seat.
• If you have played a game (any games) this
week, continue to stand up if not take a seat.
• If you have played a game (any games) today,
continue to stand up if not take a seat.
Everyone, Please stand up…
19. Game-based intervention design process
Arnab, S. and Clarke, S. (2017), Towards a trans-disciplinary methodology for a game-based intervention
development process. British Journal of Educational Technology, 48: 279–312. doi:10.1111/bjet.12377
23. Tapping into play inspirations:
“Remixing Play into a GamePlan”
Reuse the mechanics of play for
creative and innovative thinking
Needs
analysis
Pick
common
games
Strategy-
mechanics
mapping
Design a
gameplan
Pitch/imple
ment your
gameplan
24.
25. Inspirations: Card games, story dice, experience design…
“Individuality is important for Collective Creativity”
What if education is a non-linear adventure game where you can make decisions on your own path, fight battles, power up and level up in missions and quests?
What if education is a non-linear adventure game where you can make decisions on your own path, fight battles, power up and level up in missions and quests?
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This process maps all the different frameworks to provide a more transdisciplinary model.
The crossings between gamification and pervasive gaming
1) physical experience; 2)mental challenge; 3) social experience; 4) immersion.
What if education is a non-linear adventure game where you can make decisions on your own path, fight battles, power up and level up in missions and quests?