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Rieber, Lloyd P.; Smith, Lola; Noah, David – Educational Technology, 1998
Discussion of the affective domain, learning, and motivation focuses on serious play as a suitable goal for situations requiring learners, both children and adults, to engage in creative higher-order thinking coupled with intense personal commitment and involvement. Suggests that interactive computer games offer opportunities to support serious…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Games, Learning Processes, Play
Peer reviewedRieber, Lloyd P.; Luke, Nancy; Smith, Jan – Meridian, 1998
Describes KID DESIGNER, a project that emphasizes play as a lifelong learning process by teaching elementary school students how to design their own educational computer games that embed content from subjects studied in the classroom. Topics include constructivism; cooperative learning; project-based activities; prior learning; group dynamics; and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Software Development, Constructivism (Learning)
Rieber, Lloyd P.; Matzko, Michael J. – Educational Technology, 2001
These designers approaches their physics lesson design task from the viewpoint of play. The designs, all having strong gaming influences, aim to be flexible enough to take advantage of the experience and ideas of a teacher working with a standard curriculum, yet interesting enough for students to want to continue exploring resources on their own…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Experiential Learning, Games, Instructional Design
