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GloGames - Geography Live Online Ola Ahlqvist http://go.osu.edu/ola Department of GEOGRAPHY

Maps and games ,[object Object],[object Object]

Maps and games have a rich tradition

Converging Themes in Mapping and Computer Games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ahlqvist,2011, Converging Themes in Cartography and Computer Games, Cartography and Geographic Information Science , Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 278-285

Online maps and virtual globes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1 Roper Public Affairs. 2006. National geographic-roper public affairs 2006 geographic literacy study. New York: GfK NOP, 89p.

Web 2.0  Collaborative Mapping? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],YES!

So we took a look at games ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Source: AP Images

… and maybe this is an educator’s dream? ,[object Object],Source: Steinkuehler, C., & Chmiel, M. (2006). Fostering scientific habits of mind in the context of online play. In Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Learning sciences (p. 729). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

More things I note about videogames... ,[object Object],[object Object],Rappers Bow Wow, front, and The Game, upper right, face off in an Xbox 360 Madden football video game showdown for charity in Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery) Multiplayer Online Gaming Virtual Globe ,[object Object]

You learn a lot when you play games… ,[object Object],[object Object],What’s a realistic sq.ft. rent on Broadway? What is the GDP of Europe?

– prototype development ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

First pilot (2008) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Second pilot (2008) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Third pilot (2009) ,[object Object],[object Object]

A first prototype – GeoGame Green Revolution ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GeoGame / simulation interface

Certainly we’re not alone trying to combine online maps and games http://www.planetinaction.com/

But we’re looking to build more than one game

GeoGame / simulation interface ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

More than education - sciences can benefit too Agent-Based Models (ABM) & Multi-Agent Simulations (MAS) seek to better understand human decision-making. E.g. Information gathered through role-playing and individual interviews incorporated into a multi-agent model. Castella, J. C., Tran Ngoc Trung, and S. Boissau. 2005. Participatory simulation of land-use changes in the northern mountains of Vietnam: the combined use of an agent-based model, a role-playing game, and a geographic information system. Ecology and Society 10(1): 27.

Goals for future work ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Acknowledgements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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