How Games can
Enhance Learning &
Elearning
There's more to Video Games than you
Think
Katrin Becker

K.Becker TERA ‘07

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Here’s the plan:
Studying the Masters, the Masterpieces, and the Scholars
Connecting the Dots
The Chosen Ones
Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction (with ACWW)
Constructivist Learning Environments (NSMB)
Problem-Based Learning (PW)

Anyone who makes a
distinction between games and
learning doesn't know the first
thing about either.
- Marshall McLuhan
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Studying the Masters,
the Masterpieces,
and the Scholars
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform,
however much others may despise it, is the invention
of good games. And it cannot be done by men out of
touch with their instinctive selves."
- Carl Gustav Jung
Laurens van der Post in Jung and the Story of Our Time (New York:
Vintage Books, 1977), pp. 41.
Thanks to Chris Crawford for correcting the wording and Warren Spector for tracking
down the source of the quote

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Connecting
the Dots

One learns by doing a
thing; for though you
think you know it, you
have no certainty until
you try.

The Chosen Ones
We need to consider
whether we are educating
children for their futures
or our pasts.
Geoff
Southworth
2002

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K.Becker CGSA Symposium ‘06

Classifying Learning Objectives in Commercial Games, Proof of Concept

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How are these
games
educational?

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Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction

Gagné’s Nine Events of
Instruction as expressed in
Animal Crossing
1. Gaining
Attention
(Reception)

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Gagné’s Nine Events of
Instruction as expressed in
Animal Crossing
2. Informing
Learners of the
Objective
(Expectancy)

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Gagné’s Nine Events of
Instruction as expressed in
Animal Crossing

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