Presentations
Serious Games: Video Games in Undergraduate General Education
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Christian Edward Sandvig
Karrie Karahalios
12 noon
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 South Gregory Street Urbana
Event Description
Do online environments and video games have a place in general education? Researchers and teachers are increasingly investigating the use of games, digital media, and virtual environments as a platform for active learning in undergraduate classes. This panel will discuss the results of an experiment using a modified version of the multiplayer game Civilization IV in the class "Communication Technology and Society." Most broadly, it will also address the question, what features do online social spaces need to support college-level learning?
Event Video
Karrie Karahalios
Assistant Professor of Computer Science