CGDD 4303:Educational and Serious Game Design

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CGDD 4003
This course presents the history, theory, and current best practices of serious gaming and the use of serious games to educate and train. This course focuses on how to engage and entertain while presenting informative interfaces to the user. Topics include motivation, designing engaging learning interfaces, knowledge transfer from the game environment to the real world, assessment of learning, and instructional value. A design/prototype project is required.