Knowledge Games : How Playing Games Can Solve Problems, Create Insight, and Make Change /

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Imagine if new knowledge and insights came not just from research centers, think tanks, and universities but also from games, of all things. Video games have been viewed as causing social problems, but what if they actually helped solve them? This question drives Karen Schrier's Knowledge Games...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schrier, Karen (Karen L.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Games > Social aspects.
Games > Psychological aspects.
Educational games.
GAMES > Travel Games.
GAMES > Reference.
Knowledge
Games, Experimental
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: What are Knowledge Games?
  • 1. Contribution
  • 2. Design
  • Part II: Why Knowledge Games?
  • 3. Problem Solving
  • 4. Motivation
  • 5. Social Interaction
  • Part III: Perspectives, Potentials, and Pitfalls
  • 6. Amateurs
  • 7. Participation
  • 8. Data
  • 9. Knowledge
  • Appendix A. Categories and Examples
  • Appendix B. Design Principles, Recommendations, Considerations, and Implications
  • Appendix C. Guiding Questions
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.

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