| Lesson | Topic | Classroom Activity | Lab Acitivity |
| 1 | First Meeting (Warm-up) Course description, Goals, Proceeding of the course Term (Graduation) Project Description Labs and Lab Activities Classroom activity: Information about project groups |
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| 2 | Introduction & Learning Principles and Approaches | |
Play with three different computer game genres. Analyze these genres in a reflection paper: Compare these game genres, how they (or similar products) can be used in teaching/learning process. |
| 3 | Simulations and Games in Education | Educational Video (History of Games) | Focusing on one of the game genres analyzed in previous week, analyzing it in depth in a reflection paper, explore its instructional aspects (existing and potential improvements) Explore the project development software (Unreal-2004 and other course related software |
| 4 | Introduction to Design, Development & Evaluation, Methodologies | Consultation with the project teams | Goal-Based Scenario selection Creation of computer-based prototypes (PowerPoint or Flash) Preparation of storyboards |
| 5 | Instructional Approach to the development of Game-Like learning environments | Brainstorming on project topics and possible Goal-Based Scenarios, which will be used in the project. | Seminar and workshop about Unreal-2004 and other course related software |
| 6 | Meeting with a Private Educational Software Development Company | Specification of the project topics One page document about the selected project topic (due next week) |
Seminar and workshop about Unreal-2004 and other course related software (continue) |
| 7 | Game Story Boarding,, Blended Technologies | Group discussion- Brainstorming on creative ideas (pick a subject matter and propose a new approach) | Documentation of possible Goal-Based Scenarios for the project Creation of paper-based prototypes Working with Unreal-2004 and other course related software |
| 8 | Design, Development, Evaluation | Consultation with the project teams | Creation of computer-based prototypes (Unreal-2004 software) Begin building with Unreal-2004 and other course related software |
| 9 - 14 | Consultation meetings | |
Building with Unreal-2004 and other course related software |
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