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Academic and Instructional Technologies Middle Tennessee State University

Provide advice and guiding questions for the development of play-based learning experiences on your campus
Link to additional resources on play-based learning
Together, use technology to experience play

of Ability
Osterweil – Four Freedoms of Play
Sutton-Smith – The Ambiguity of Play
Nat’l Institute of Play – Seven Patterns
Strong Museum – Six Elements of Play

Read more at http://playfullearning.pbworks.com/ Theoretical-Models-for-Play

process

Bricolage (Tinkering)

Deep engagement and personal investment

Experimentation Multiple drafts/iterations

Imitation Fantasy

“Convergent” process for multimedia composition

knowledge-based information, as with computer games, students can “level up” when ready

Dr. Carolyn Hopper, English (Study Skills)
“Play builds on a student’s intent to learn, strengthens synaptic connections and allows students to learn from their mistakes without the stakes being too high”

MTSU Faculty Examples

situations

Dr. Don Roy, Marketing
Play “blends content learning with process learning,” playing this simulation gives the students the “chance to apply principles to give them a feel for marketing.”

MTSU Faculty Examples

provide opportunities to apply content to “real-life” situations and allow for higher order problem-solving and analysis applications

Dr. Scott Seipel, Computer Information Systems
(Authored a multiplayer online decision making game called The OPEC Game) When playing the game “the students are engaged, involved and really feel it;” “by the end of the semester, the students will beg to play the game.”

"Greenwich Village, 1913, Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman"

Designing for play-based learning

NOTE: This clip is an excerpt from a longer interview.
Hear it all at http://playfullearning.pbworks.com/ Designing+for+Play-Based+Learning

at your own institutions

you trying to accomplish?
What timing and resources constraints do you face?
What resources do you have available to “play the game”?
What support do you have available to help you in the design and implementation?