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DoD Training Transformation Technologies Conference September 4, 2003 Marc Prensky [email protected]

www.marcprensky.com

Serious training in a game environment

My Next Book: Why you should STOP WORRYING about your kids’ Video Games and START WORRYING about their Teachers!

GAMES

for

TRAINING

GAMES?

for

TRAINING?

Games are a

LANGUAGE

Do

you

speak

GAME?

“

MMORPG

”

“

RTS

”

“

MODDING

”

Today’s Recruits

Tomorrow’s Recruits

The Day After Tomorrow’s Recruits

• 10,000 hours Video Games • 200,000 emails • 500,000 commercials • 20,000 hours TV (incl. MTV) • 10,000 hours Cell Phones • < 5,000 hours reading

Brains like ours alter profoundly to fit the technologies and practices that surround them.

Andy Clark Director, Cognitive Sciences Program. Indiana University

Conventional Speed Linear Processing Step-by-Step Text First Work-Oriented Stand-Alone

Our Problem:

For the …

THIS is their e-Life:

The Digital Native’s Rich e-Life Communicating email, IM, chat Sharing Blogs, webcams Buying & Selling ebay, papers Exchanging music, movies, humor Creating sites, avatars, mods Meeting 3D chat rooms, dating Collecting mp3, video, sensor data Coordinating Projects, workgroups, MMORPGs Evaluating Reputation systems– Epinions, Amazon, Slashdot Gaming Solo, 1-on-1, small & large groups Learning About stuff that interests them Evolving Peripheral, emergent behaviors Searching Info, connections, people Analyzing SETI, drug molecules Reporting Moblogs, photos Programming Open systems, mods search Socializing Learning social behavior, influence Growing Up Exploring, transgressing

but THIS is their “e-Learning”:

GAMES

Why

?

We want games NOT because they are games, but…

(1) because they’re the most engaging intellectual thing we have…

Why do we

NEED

Engagement?

(2) because they’re the best learning tools we’ve ever invented…

Areas Claimed Improved by Playing Video Games visual selective attention multiple task processing rule understanding strategy morality ethics identity flow traditional literacy digital literacy new media literacy concentration social skills stress relief scientific thinking intellectual development affective development social development transfer comprehension skills academic skills strategies and procedures use of symbols problem solving sequence learning deductive reasoning

“Things like strategy, multi-task processing, problem-solving, symbols & map-reading, and media literacy are skills that I will use no matter what profession I elect.”

a high school student

And (3) because games are a language Digital Natives understand and speak fluently

Advantages of Games As a Language Interactive Rapid feedback Lots of practice Engaging Identification Complexity Open Ended Worlds

Myths about Games: • They are trivial • No learning occurs when one plays them • They are narrow in what they can express and do • The fact that games engage people to such an extent is bad!

Why Do Games ENGAGE Us?

Why Games Engage Fun Play Rules Goals Interactive Outcomes & Feedback Adaptive Win states Conflict, competition Problem solving Interaction with people Representation & Story

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Enjoyment and Pleasure Intense involvement Structure Motivation Doing Learning Flow Ego Gratification Adrenaline Creativity Social Groups Emotion

This is your brain …

…and this is your brain on games!

MOTIVATION

EMOTION

EGO GRATIFICATION

DOING

CREATIVITY

ADReNALINe !

STRUCTURE

INTENSE and PASSIONATE INVOLVEMENT

LEARNING

FLOW

SOCIAL GROUPS

ENJOYMENT AND PLEASURE

Games are SOCIAL

Solo Versus and Arcade 1 (individual war fighter) LAN Party 10 (squad) Cyber-Café – PC Baang 100 (company) 1,000 (brigade)

LARGE-SCALE GAMING COMPETITION Order of magnitude: 10,000 (division) “The Gathering” Norway

MMPG: 1,000,000 (military) Handheld: 100,000,000 (continent) Game Console: 10,000,000 (country) Cell Phone: 1,000,000,000 (planet)

Global, Massively Multiplayer World-class Wireless gaming … in your pocket Nokia N-Gage

Game Design IS HELPFUL

Key Things About Game Design: • Focus is on the user’s engagement • Done by playing, not theory • Frequent, important decision making • Short, medium and long range goals • Gameplay over Eye Candy!

includes •Continuous decision making •Good pacing •Complexity •Big worlds to explore •Important choices •Immediate feedback •Adapting to the player’s skills

TRAINING GAMES

We must learn to put content into Game Language

This is NOT TRIVIAL

It’s ART, NOT SCIENCE

“Whenever you add an instructional designer, they suck the fun out”

– a game designer

Use

Pragmatic Pedagogy

The most important things to remember are: multi-player, creative, collaborative, challenging, and competitive.

– a high school student

Use Our Recruits They are the Natives!

They can help!

At this stage, the most important things are

THINKING, EXPERIMENTING,

and

SHARING

A Range of Gaming Solutions: cell phone, email, COTS, templates, mods & custom MP and MMP

www.dodgamecommunity.com

Recap

ENGAGEMENT

FIRST

GAME LANGUAGE

multi-player creative collaborative challenging competitive

Pragmatic Pedagogy

“Don’t suck the fun out”

What We Get

Victory is possible.

I have what it takes. I want to win.

I am going to play now I won!

(I am going to play again) After Garris & Ahlers

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GAMES

TRAINING

GAMES?

for

TRAINING?

Games are a

LANGUAGE

Do

speak

GAME?

MMORPG

RTS

MODDING

Our Problem:

For the …

GAMES

?

?

We want games NOT because they are games, but…

Why do we

Engagement?

Why Do Games ENGAGE Us?

DOING

Games are SOCIAL

Game Design IS HELPFUL

TRAINING GAMES

We must learn to put content into Game Language

This is NOT TRIVIAL

It’s ART, NOT SCIENCE

Pragmatic Pedagogy

Use Our Recruits They are the Natives!

They can help!

THINKING, EXPERIMENTING,

SHARING

A Range of Gaming Solutions: cell phone, email, COTS, templates, mods & custom MP and MMP

Recap

FIRST

GAME LANGUAGE

Pragmatic Pedagogy

“Don’t suck the fun out”

What We Get

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