Schedule   ::   Lesson 1   ::   Track A Summaries   ::   Track B Summaries


Topic: What are instructional games? Research, classifications and culture.


Readings:


Track A


Wolf, M. J. P. (2001). Chapter 6: Genre and the video game (HTML). In M. J. P. Wolf (Ed.), The Medium of the Video Game (pp. 113-134). Austin: University of Texas Press.

Holland, W., Jenkins, H., & Squire, K. (2003). Chapter 1: Theory by design (PDF). In M. J. P. Wolf & B. Perron (Eds.), The Video Game Theory Reader (pp. 25-46). New York: Routledge.

Track B


Virvou, M., Katsionis, G., & Manos, K. (2005). Combining software games with education: Evaluation of its educational effectiveness (PDF). Educational Technology & Society, 8(2), 54-65.