May 18, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesI took a huge risk today with my students. I had them take the educational games they designed, and I asked them to play them at the foyer of our library. I invited faculty, librarians and friends to come (some … Continue reading
May 7, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesI had a heavy dose of reality y/day as I read students’ blogposts on the Twitter Scavenger Hunt. It occurred to me before that asking students to reflect on blogs might produce overly positive responses as students try to please … Continue reading
April 30, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThis week Dave Cormier asks us to reflect on “content is people” and to consider the myth of content. Uhh this doesn’t challenge me very much, to be honest, because I have a long thread of discussing the politics of … Continue reading
April 27, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 1 minutesSo for my educational game design class I’m trying something new this semester. Here’s the gist: 1. No assigned readings. Students find their own readings in two ways: A. They google for their own resources, and reflect on them on … Continue reading
April 11, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 3 minutesI thought I would get feedback on this budding Community-building game idea i have for my undergrad edu game design class. I used to use our first session to do a jeopardy “name the game game” (but it had elements … Continue reading
February 24, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 2 minutesToday we had the most fun half-day meeting at our department. We were sitting to design a faculty development game (Nadine and Sherif’s idea, inspired by Ana Salter’s workshop) to use while consulting with faculty to understand their needs and … Continue reading
February 11, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 1 minutesI’m thinking of modifying my “name the game game” jeopardy game which I used to use before, and merging it with two other things I did before – helping students think of how their favorite games can be made educational; … Continue reading
January 31, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 4 minutesI need to update my syllabus for this Spring. I am tagging this #moocmooc as well because I am trying to think of agency as well… Just not “there” yet, i think. Here are some rough thoughts of overall changes … Continue reading
December 11, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 5 minutesToday was the last day of my educational game design module. It should be a wonderful day, because students are so proud of what they create, I am so proud of them, and we all have fun. Which did happen … Continue reading
December 8, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Reading Time: 6 minutesI’m really excited that we’re having a kind of “journal/book club” thing in my department today, and the topic is gamification. There are several of us into the whole gaming/gamification thing, and the most experienced of us chose the chapter … Continue reading