Digital Game -Based Learning 2001 Marc Prensky by Marc Prensky ______________________________________________________________________________________

From Digital Game-Based Learning (McGraw-Hill, 2001)

Types of Learning
by Marc Prensky
2001 Marc Prensky

Content Facts

Examples Laws, policies, product specifications

Skills

Interviewing, teaching, selling, running a machine, project management Management decisions, timing, ethics, hiring

Judgement Judgment

Behaviors

Supervision, self-control, setting examples

Theories

Marketing rationales, how people learn

Learning activities questions memorization association drill Imitation Feedback coaching continuous practice increasing challenge Reviewing cases asking questions making choices (practice) feedback coaching Imitation Feedback coaching practice Logic Experimentation questioning

Possible Game Styles game show competitions flashcard type games mnemonics action, sports games Persistent state games Role-play games Adventure games Detective games Role play games Detective games Multiplayer interaction Adventure games Strategy games Role playing games

Reasoning Process

Strategic and tactical thinking, quality analysis Auditing, strategy creation Assembly, bank teller, legal Invention, Product design Acronyms, foreign languages, business or professional jargon Health care, markets, refineries Moods, morale, inefficiencies, problems Appropriate language, timing, involvement

Procedures Creativity Language

problems examples System analysis and deconstruction Practice imitation practice play Imitation Continuous practice immersion Understanding principles Graduated tasks Playing in microworlds Observing Feedback Imitation Practice

Open ended simulation games Building games Constructing games Reality testing games Puzzles Strategy games Adventure games Timed games Reflex games Puzzles Invention games Role playing games Reflex games Flashcard games Simulation games

Systems

Observation Communication

Concentration games Adventure games Role playing games Reflex games