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Readings

Adventures in Modeling

The Art of Contested Spaces (PDF)

Becoming-state: The bio-cultural imperialism of Sid Meier's Civilization

  • Chapter 4: New Hope for Learner-Centered Training and Education
  • Chapter 6: Why and How it Works

Colella. "Participatory Simulations."

Cuban. Oversold and Underused - Computers in the Classroom.

Decentralized Modeling and Decentralized Thinking in Feurzeig and Roberts

Digital Game Based Learning

Evaluation Methods and Procedures for studying learner's use of me

Further Reflections on Barbie to Mortal Kombat

Gall et. al. Educational Research - An Introduction.

Growing Artificial Societies

Holland, Squire and Jenkins. "Theory by Design." (PDF)

Instructional Design Methodologies and Techniques

Introduction to Board Game Design (Link to SDSU EDTEC 670)

Klopfer, Squire and Jenkins. "Environmental Detectives - PDAs as a Window into a Virtual World."

Learning Theory in Practice - Learner Centered Design

Modeling and Simulation in Science and Mathematics Education

Pianos not Stereos

Rieber and Matzko. "Serious Design for Serious Play."

Rieber. "Seriously considering play: Designing interactive learning environments based on the blending of microworlds, simulations, and games."

Schelling. Micromotives and Macrobehaviors.

The Seductions of Sim

SimCity 2000 – Power, Politics and Planning

Squire. "Reframing the Cultural Space of Computer and Video Games."

A Taxonomy of Simulation Software