B. So?

A. Wow. In two ways. I've never been assigned to play games before. And I never imagined that there were actually people doing real research on this stuff... I mean, they're games!

B. Yes they are. But there's way more research going on than you realize even now. Here's a bunch of other research that's currently going on. Read the abstracts of all these pieces (that have them), skim all of these pieces, and read at least three of them completely. I want you to read all the abstracts so that you get a feel for the breadth of the research in gaming. Some of this seems closely related to learning and some of it doesn't. But let me assure you, it all is.

A. [looking to other students] That's a lot of abstracts...

B. It is. And there's alot of game playing yet to be done this week... If we can arrange things, we may even hold a class meeting in Lineage. Watch for more about that on the class listserv.

A. That would just be weird.

B. This week I want you to do more doing, as it were. So I'm going to shut up and cut straight to the assignment.

Assignment: More Gaming

A. And, yes, we'll all post them on time.

B. As corny as it sounds, you'll get as much out of this week as you put into it. THINK. PONDER. CONSIDER. Try to connect things in your mind. Try to open you mind to ways MMO technologies could be used to support learning.

A. Ok, ok. Let me go get started!

B. See you online!