Overview: Implementing Educational Role-playing Games
Unit 4 Overview
In Unit 4, we will discuss considerations when implementing role-playing games for educational purposes. We will look at a wide variety of educational role-playing games, including in youth work, higher education, primary/secondary education, business, military, and activism/politics. We will also discuss assessment.
In this Unit, we will cover:
- Accounts of implementation of role-playing games in formal, non-formal, and informal education
- Formative and summative assessment
- Implementation recommendations
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Note: Some of the materials below may not be available outside of this course. We are providing them as part of your education within this course. Do not distribute PDFs.
Required materials:
Readings:
- Geneuss, Katrin. 2021. “The Use of the Role-playing Technique STARS in Formal Didactic Contexts.” International Journal of Role-Playing 11: 114-131.
- Whitton, Nicola. 2014. Digital Games and Learning. Routledge: London. (Selections: p. 104-108)
Videos:
- Westborg, Josefin. 2023. “Assessment.” Transformative Play Initiative. YouTube, January 26.
- Westborg, Josefin. 2023. “Implementation for Education.” Transformative Play Initiative. YouTube, January 26.