Serious Games Workshop
Course code
IFI7181.DT
old course code
IFI7181
Course title in Estonian
Tõsimängude töötuba
Course title in English
Serious Games Workshop
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
assessment
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Goal of the course is to design educational or serious games from idea to digital prototype.
Brief description of the course
This course is based on innovative learning scenario - learning through teaching. Aspects and process of designing serious games is introduced through preparing end giving the Tallinn Summer School course of Design of Serious Game.
The content of the course is based on classical game design aspects like:
1. Generating ideas for a serious game, defining serious goal for the game
2. Game challenges and actions for achieving the challenges
3. Game rules, resources, object, events, conditions and relationships
4. Game world
5. Game characters
6. Game story
7. Game prototype and level design
Additional content is based on instructional design aspects:
1. Analyse of course needs
2. Defining course learning goals
3. Defining course learning activities, facts and knowledge
4. Adjusting course schedule
5. Creating learning materials
6. Teaching classes during the summer course
7. Evaluating the course
8. Course management
9. Marketing
The content of the course is based on classical game design aspects like:
1. Generating ideas for a serious game, defining serious goal for the game
2. Game challenges and actions for achieving the challenges
3. Game rules, resources, object, events, conditions and relationships
4. Game world
5. Game characters
6. Game story
7. Game prototype and level design
Additional content is based on instructional design aspects:
1. Analyse of course needs
2. Defining course learning goals
3. Defining course learning activities, facts and knowledge
4. Adjusting course schedule
5. Creating learning materials
6. Teaching classes during the summer course
7. Evaluating the course
8. Course management
9. Marketing
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has skill to produce serious games and also integrating this knowledge with educational activities;
- additional outcome will be prototypes of serious games.
- has skill to produce serious games and also integrating this knowledge with educational activities;
- additional outcome will be prototypes of serious games.
Teacher
Martin Sillaots
Additional information
Study will take place in the format of workshops in the computer labs. Participation in classes and timely submission of home assignments are requirements for assessment. It’s compulsory to attend more then 70% of classes (5 labs out of 7).
Assessment will be based on group assignments. Assessment is passed if all assignments are submitted.
Assessment will be based on group assignments. Assessment is passed if all assignments are submitted.
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