ERIC Number: EJ840258
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jan
Pages: 9
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Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Resources for Teaching Educational Games the Wiki Way
Johnson, Shelley Henson; Shelton, Brett; Wiley, David
Innovate: Journal of Online Education, v4 n2 Dec 2007-Jan 2008
Recognizing the pedagogical value of gaming, academics along with game designers and educational content developers have begun producing resources to improve educational game design and make instructional games more accessible to teachers wanting to incorporate them into their classes. However, the rapid growth of such resources has made it difficult for educators and other interested parties to find what they need. As a first step towards addressing this problem, Shelley Henson Johnson, Brett Shelton, and David Wiley discuss the creation and proposed expansion of the Teaching Educational Games Resources wiki. They first created the wiki as part of a session at the Games, Learning and Society 2006 conference. Panelists and participants contributed to the wiki before, during, and after the conference session, creating an online space that incorporates syllabi and readings for educational game design, lists hundreds of online resources, and includes links to conferences and multimedia resources. After outlining the creation of the wiki, the authors suggest that its incorporation into an online self-organizing social system could facilitate its growth and the emergence of an online community of game designers, researchers, and educators interested in educational gaming. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Resources, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Internet, Web Sites, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Multimedia Materials, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Publishing
Fischler School of Education and Human Services. Nova Southeastern University, 1750 NE 167th Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162. Tel: 800-986-3223; e-mail: innovate@nova.edu; Web site: http://innovateonline.info
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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