Help! Why Do You Play World of Warcraft?
The One and Friends at the start of Razorgore encounter in Blackwing Lair in March of 2010 I’m now in week two of my first survey into learning, communities of practice, and World of Warcraft in...
View ArticleWoW Learning Project as A4 Poster May 2010
WoW Learning Project Questions PDF image The V.C. was doing a surprise (to us) departmental visit last month. We had a bit of notice and it was decided that everyone doing projects in our research...
View ArticleThe Great Date Night Experiment
When I last saw J, my supervisor, we were disagreeing about how to do the motivational essay coding for my first World of Warcraft survey.. My plan was to go through the essays first to come up with...
View ArticleElsheindra and the Tripartite Identity
Elsheindra the Druid I have been reading slowly but surely through James Paul Gee’s What Video Games Have To Teach Us about Learning and Literacy over the last six months. The following is based on...
View ArticleOuch! David White and the Dragon Slaying
Image: Elsheindra and the 24 other members of Team EverREDy successfully heal Valithria Dreamwalker in Icecrown Citadel. Here, the challenge isn’t to slay the dragon, but to heal her. While whether she...
View ArticleMOOCs versus MMORPGs: A PLENK2010 Idea
I signed up today for the new George Siemens and Stephen Downes connectivism course Personal Learning Environments Networks and Knowledge 2010 (PLENK2010). This is a follow-on from last year’s massive...
View ArticleHoward Rheingold Interviews Me (Part 1)
Credit: Remixed by Michelle A. Hoyle from an image of Howard Rheingold by Joi Ito Image: Howard Rheingold and Elsheindra, Michelle’s World of Warcraft character, together at last. Howard Rheingold...
View ArticleGames, Blurred Boundaries, and Learning
Credit: Screenshot by dyashman under an Attribution 2.0 Generic license Image: The blurred boundary between the Stranglethorn Vale, Duskwood, and Deadwind Pass zones in World of Warcraft. I posted...
View ArticleOn the Importance of the Title and Abstract
Credit: Screenshot by Heather Hopkins (Clevergrrl) under an Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license Image: I can just imagine this Blood Furnace boss exhorting people “L2P!” as he kills them over...
View ArticlePersist or Die: Learning in World of Warcraft
Back in March 2011, I gave an invited keynote at the JISC Scotland/Consolarium Game To Learn: Take 2 conference in Dundee, Scotland. The abstract read: All you need to understand is everything you...
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