Exploring the Learning Potential of Multiplayer Online Games

Sep 27, 2006
SCC Center for Teaching & Learning Business Building 132 OR GCC Faculty Connection Center High Tech 1 Teleconference Room 124
10:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual conference

featuring...
Landon K. Pirius
Inver Hills Community College

OVERVIEW

Join Maricopa Faculty to take an introductory look into the world of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). Participants will learn about existing gaming literature, see examples of learning in entertainment-based MMOGs, and examine education-based MMOGs designed specifically for learning. Interested faculty may attend Wednesday, September 27, 2006, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM at either the Scottsdale Community College or the Glendale Community College location.

PROGRAM AGENDA

The MMOG
History of the MMOG
MMOG virtual worlds
Real world effect
Theoretical observations and empirical studies
Interactions in a virtual environment
Learning in a virtual environment
Constructivist learning
Critical learning
Experiential learning
Flow
Communities of practice in a virtual environment
Games for learning

VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR

Landon K. Pirius - Inver Hills Community College
The online instructor Landon Pirius, serves as the Director of Enrollment Services for Inver Hills Community College. Landon is actively involved in shifting traditional, campus-based student services online. He also worked at Walden University, an online graduate institution, for nearly five years in a variety of student service roles. As part of his dissertation research, Landon is examining how MMOGs could be used to provide intercultural training in a virtual environment.