Comments on: Read My Article On Civ Modders in the Journal Simulation & Gaming http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/05/read-my-article-on-civ-modders-published-in-the-journal-simulation-gaming/ User Centered Digital History Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:46:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Shawn http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/05/read-my-article-on-civ-modders-published-in-the-journal-simulation-gaming/#comment-320 Shawn Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:20:48 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=710#comment-320 Thanks for the tip. The time issue is the thing, isn't it... part of the problem I think is that students are already playing a "game" where they already know all the rules and forms (essays, discussion forum posts in the LMS, etc), so changing the rules on them results in a lot of passive-aggressiveness. Maybe distance/online was not the best forum for a first try. Thanks for the tip. The time issue is the thing, isn't it… part of the problem I think is that students are already playing a "game" where they already know all the rules and forms (essays, discussion forum posts in the LMS, etc), so changing the rules on them results in a lot of passive-aggressiveness. Maybe distance/online was not the best forum for a first try.

]]> By: Trevor http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/05/read-my-article-on-civ-modders-published-in-the-journal-simulation-gaming/#comment-319 Trevor Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:34:14 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=710#comment-319 Glad you liked the article Shawn. I read your paper and Rob's comments, and it looks like you are up to some cool stuff. As far as your difficulty with the Mod as a classroom assignment, I think the big issue there is time. Students can jam out a 5 page essay in an afternoon. Downloading, installing, playing and thinking through a Civ mod is a much larger endeavor. I think if you really want to do something with Civ as part of a course you would need to build in a significant amount of time. If you want to go further with the analysis of the community interactions I would encourage you to read Kurt Suqire's paper on apolyton university. The citation is in my paper. He had some neat ideas about how to document practices in the community. Glad you liked the article Shawn. I read your paper and Rob's comments, and it looks like you are up to some cool stuff.

As far as your difficulty with the Mod as a classroom assignment, I think the big issue there is time. Students can jam out a 5 page essay in an afternoon. Downloading, installing, playing and thinking through a Civ mod is a much larger endeavor. I think if you really want to do something with Civ as part of a course you would need to build in a significant amount of time.

If you want to go further with the analysis of the community interactions I would encourage you to read Kurt Suqire's paper on apolyton university. The citation is in my paper. He had some neat ideas about how to document practices in the community.

]]> By: Shawn http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/05/read-my-article-on-civ-modders-published-in-the-journal-simulation-gaming/#comment-318 Shawn Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:25:47 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=710#comment-318 Hi Tevor! I greatly enjoyed your article. I've been approaching the mod boards from a similar angle, but focused more towards the learning/engagement side of things. I presented this work at Playing with Technology in History <a href="http://www.playingwithhistory.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.playingwithhistory.com/</a> recently; my (flawed) first draft can be downloaded there. I'd be interested in your feedback on it! thanks, shawn Hi Tevor! I greatly enjoyed your article. I've been approaching the mod boards from a similar angle, but focused more towards the learning/engagement side of things. I presented this work at Playing with Technology in History http://www.playingwithhistory.com/ recently; my (flawed) first draft can be downloaded there. I'd be interested in your feedback on it!
thanks,
shawn

]]> By: tjowens http://www.trevorowens.org/2010/05/read-my-article-on-civ-modders-published-in-the-journal-simulation-gaming/#comment-317 tjowens Thu, 27 May 2010 06:59:29 +0000 http://www.trevorowens.org/?p=710#comment-317 My article “Modding the History of Science” is up as OnlineFirst in the Journal Simulation & Gaming <a href="http://bit.ly/bs37Bk" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/bs37Bk</a> <i>This comment was originally posted on <a href="http://twitter.com/tjowens/statuses/14836203387" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></i> My article “Modding the History of Science” is up as OnlineFirst in the Journal Simulation & Gaming http://bit.ly/bs37Bk
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