Beyond Fun: Serious Games and Media

Introduction......Page 5
The Four Slates of Educational Experiences......Page 7
Making visible: Using simulation and game environments across disciplines......Page 11
Games by Degrees: Playing with Programs......Page 17
Practical barriers in using educational computer games......Page 23
Educating the Fighter: Buttonmashing, Seeing, Being......Page 30
Messages and Mediums: Learning to Teach With Videogames......Page 46
Visual Literacy and Learning: Finding some online territories for the slow learner......Page 54
Cheating Can be Good For You: Educational Games and Multiple Play Styles......Page 62
Procedural Literacy: Educating the New Media Practitioner......Page 70
Simulation insubordination: How simulation games are revolutionising elearning......Page 87
Games/Gaming/Simulation in a New Media(Literature) Classroom......Page 99
Weblogs: Learning in Public......Page 107
Self, video games and pedagogy......Page 118
Diving in to Peter Plantec’s Brave New World of Virtual Humans......Page 128
Why Create a Media and Game Center?......Page 137
Educational Software Development Sites......Page 144
Videogames and the Future of Education......Page 151
Contributors Biographies......Page 161
References and Notes......Page 166