Exploring collaborative storytelling as a method for creating educational games

Ruth Wylie; Edward Finn; Joseph Eschrich; Kiyash Monsef; Robert Hawkins

doi:10.1145/2724660.2728692

Exploring collaborative storytelling as a method for creating educational games

Ruth Wylie, Edward Finn, Joseph Eschrich, Kiyash Monsef, Robert Hawkins

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Abstract

Designing educational games that meet both learning and entertainment objectives is a challenging task. Games that begin by developing specific educational goals and are later wrapped in a game or narrative context risk appearing forced, while those that begin with gaming elements to which educational elements are added may appear superficial. In this paper, we describe the methodology and results from a three-day interdisciplinary hackathon for developing game narratives designed to address both needs. We present details regarding the hackathon, the collaborative teams, and an example of the outcomes produced.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	355-358
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450334112
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2724660.2728692
State	Published - Mar 14 2015
Event	2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, L@S 2015 - Vancouver, Canada Duration: Mar 14 2015 → Mar 18 2015

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Name	L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale

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Other	2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, L@S 2015
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	3/14/15 → 3/18/15

Keywords

Educational games
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Narratives

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Education
Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications

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Exploring collaborative storytelling as a method for creating educational games. / Wylie, Ruth ; Finn, Edward; Eschrich, Joseph et al.
L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 355-358 (L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Wylie, R , Finn, E, Eschrich, J, Monsef, K & Hawkins, R 2015, Exploring collaborative storytelling as a method for creating educational games. in L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale. L@S 2015 - 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 355-358, 2nd ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, L@S 2015, Vancouver, Canada, 3/14/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2724660.2728692

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