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MACBETH: Development of a Training Game for the Mitigation of Cognitive Bias
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Dunbar, Norah E.; Wilson, Scott N.; Adame, Bradley J.; Elizondo, Javier; Jensen, Matthew L.; Miller, Claude H.; Kauffman, Abigail Allums; Seltsam, Toby; Bessarabova, Elena; Vincent, Cindy; Straub, Sara K.; Ralston, Ryan; Dulawan, Christopher L.; Ramirez, Dennis; Squire, Kurt; Valacich, Joseph S.; Burgoon, Judee K. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2013
This paper describes the process of rapid iterative prototyping used by a research team developing a training video game for the Sirius program funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). Described are three stages of development, including a paper prototype, and builds for alpha and beta testing. Game development is…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Instructional Design, Cognitive Processes, Bias
Video Games and Learning: Teaching and Participatory Culture in the Digital Age. Technology, Education--Connections (the TEC Series)
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Squire, Kurt – Teachers College Press, 2011
Can we learn socially and academically valuable concepts and skills from video games? How can we best teach the "gamer generation?" This accessible book describes how educators and curriculum designers can harness the participatory nature of digital media and play. The author presents a comprehensive model of games and learning that integrates…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Games, Educational Technology, Simulated Environment
"Economists Who Think like Ecologists": Reframing Systems Thinking in Games for Learning
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DeVane, Ben; Durga, Shree; Squire, Kurt – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2010
Over the past several years, educators have been exploring the potential of immersive interactive simulations, or video games for education, finding that games can support the development of disciplinary knowledge, systemic thinking, the production of complex multimodal digital artifacts, and participation in affinity spaces or sites of collective…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Labor Needs, Leadership, Thinking Skills
Changing the Game: What Happens when Video Games Enter the Classroom?
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Squire, Kurt – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2005
Over the past few years, games have gone from social pariahs to the darlings of the media, technology, and now educational industries. E-learning educators in particular stand to learn a lot about building next-generation learning environments from games. While online courses are usually little more than "online course notes," games offer entire…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, World History, Activity Units, Video Games