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SITE 2018: Notes from the Digital Games and Simulations SIG

3/20/2018

We are very excited to see you at SITE 2018 in Washington, DC. Here are some important items for review:

Our SIG meeting will be held on Tuesday during lunch, from 12:45pm to 1:45pm.
Have you been participating in the development of our Game-based Learning Syllabus? It's not to late to share your favorite topics and readings: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Game-based-Learning-Syllabus
Want to join the SIG leadership team? It is a rewarding activity where you will get to connect with your peers, guide the games and simulations presentations for SITE 2019/2020, and choose special projects for the SIG. We will be holding an election for co-chair, a 2-year position. Send Larysa Nadolny (lnadolny@iastate.edu) or Jana Willis (willis@uhcl.edu) a paragraph about yourself, your experience with SITE, your current position and your reason for wanting to be a co-chair. We will collect the nominations and have a digital vote during the SIG meeting.

OSCC 2016

12/15/2016

I am always impressed by the OSCC (Open Simulator Community Conference). Over the years, the conference team has fine tuned the event to a smooth running machine. And having been in virtual worlds for quite some time, I can appreciate how rarely things run smoothly. They manage the user load through multiple regions, enlist the help of volunteers for quetsions, use Skype and other streaming media to avoid audio problems, and have an attractive and easy to use world.

This year, I presented Gamify Virtual Learning, focusing on the tools and techniques that I have used to engage with learning in the SciEthics simulations. This may be one of the last years that I present about that NSF funded project as we are officially putting it into retirement. You can still get the OAR files on the sciethics website.

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SITE Keynote Presentation

3/29/2016

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I had a wonderful time in Savannah Georgia last week during a Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference. The audience and I had a good time 'playing' my keynote presentation with choices, voting, and interaction. I had a chance to get to know a smaller group of conference attendees at my post-keynote session, where we share our own game-based learning stories and lessons learned.

EPIC WIN: Designing for success with game-based learning
ABSTRACT: Throughout history, games have engaged players of all ages in a shared experience of persistence, challenge, failure, and success. This has been achieved through a wide variety of gaming strategies and structures, from role play to puzzle and digital to paper. The recent popularity of designing curriculum with games in mind has shown that some game structures translate well to academic environments (EPIC WIN) while some are an EPIC FAIL. Larysa Nadolny will share her experience with designing and teaching in game-based learning environments and practical steps to get started with your own course. @GBLedu

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SITE 2018: Notes from the Digital Games and Simulations SIG

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SITE Keynote Presentation

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