Overview: Educational Role-playing Games
Welcome to our unit on educational role-playing games! These types of games are designed for an educational purpose according to specific learning objectives, such as curricular materials or helping participants develop social skills under the direction of an educator.
In this Unit, we will cover:
- Educational theories
- Educational role-playing games, including edu-larp
- Education and you
Note: Some of the materials below may not be available outside of this course. We have linked resources that are open access. Do not distribute PDFs.
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Required materials:
Videos:
- Westborg, Josefin. 2022. “Introduction to Learning Theories.” Transformative Play Initiative. YouTube, June 30.
- Westborg, Josefin. 2022. “Learning in Praxis.” Transformative Play Initiative. YouTube, July 4.
- Westborg, Josefin. 2022. “Role-playing Games for Education.” Transformative Play Initiative. YouTube, June 30.
Readings:
- Diakolambrianou, Elektra, Sarah Lynne Bowman, Simon Brind, Josefin Westborg, and Kjell Hedgard Hugaas. In review. “Chapter 3: Theory, Central Concepts, and Inspirational Materials.” In Transformative Role-playing Game Design, edited by Sarah Lynne Bowman , Elektra Diakolambrianou, and Simon Brind, 66-110. Transformative Play Research Series. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala University Press.