Games and Simulations for Learning: A Course Design Case

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Published: Oct 28, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v6i1.13298
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Mary Jo J Dondlinger
Texas A&M University Commerce

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Research on games and simulations for learning in the last decade has expanded the instructional design knowledge base to such an extent that degree programs in instructional design and technology are beginning to develop and offer courses on games and simulations as learning technologies. This design case chronicles the context, design decisions, and designer/instructor observations from the pilot implementation of a graduate course on Games & Simulations for Learning for a masters program in educational technology at a regional university in the southwestern United States.

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Dondlinger, M. J. J. (2015). Games and Simulations for Learning: A Course Design Case. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v6i1.13298
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Mary Jo J Dondlinger, Texas A&M University Commerce

Mary Jo Dondlinger is an assistant professor of educational technology at Texas A&M University Commerce. Her research interests revolve around instructional methods and technologies that support dispositions for critical and creative thinking, such as open-mindedness, self-direction, critical curiosity, perseverance, and empathy. She is particularly interested in the role that games and simulations can play in supporting development of these dispositions, as well as critical and creative problem solving.

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