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GeoGame: January 2012
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Friday, January 6, 2012. GIS Games = GeoDesign. Rambles playing board. Source: Library of Congress. Http:/ lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/pga/03200/03272v.jpg. With the GeoDesign 2012 meeting. Underway I find it timely to bring in some reflections on how GeoGames = GIS Games can bring some solutions to the GeoDesign table. Much of this is drawn from a longer article in the journal Cartography and Geographic Information Science. But despite the emergence of Geovisual...
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GeoGame: GLS 9.0 conference presentations
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Wednesday, August 28, 2013. GLS 90 conference presentations. Myself and Brendon Mikula from our GeoGames team presented two posters at this year's Games Learning Society 9.0. Conference. It was an energetic and stimulating meeting as usual and our latest work and results were very positively received by those who visited our displays (and there were a lot of people). Poster 1. Describe the overall architecture of our Online Map Game platform and Poster 2.
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GeoGame: April fool's quest
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. April fool's weekend is over and I will admit that I fell for one of the jokes, the Google Maps Quest ( see Brett Molina's USA Today report here including links to some funny landmarks. Although, as readers of this blog will know, I do not usually joke around when it comes to online map games (OMG! If you missed it you can still look around in the Quest mode here. We stay tuned for Google's next step into the OMG! Posted by Ola Ahlqvist.
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GeoGame: A RECIPE for Meaningful Gamification
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Thursday, September 12, 2013. A RECIPE for Meaningful Gamification. In this video Scott Nicholson at Syracuse University shares his ideas around Meaningful Gamification that goes beyond the simple points, badges, and levels to dig more deeply into factors that will generate intrinsic motivation and engagement. Here's a link to his blog - http:/ becauseplaymatters.com/. Posted by Ola Ahlqvist. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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GeoGame: March 2012
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Brian Berry notes in his ArcNews commentary entitled "Quo Vadimus? Where are we going), that the millennial generation. It's great to see more people recognize the power of new dynamics afforded by the use of emerging technologies and constant connectivity. Thanks to colleague Yuri Medvedkov. For alerting me to the article. Posted by Ola Ahlqvist. Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Where Are the Great Location Based Games? He concludes that ga...
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GeoGame: New map games
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Tuesday, May 1, 2012. A bunch of things are emerging, both in terms of online map games (OMG! And research that look at what these creations have to offer. Some of the more interesting example from my own navigation is MapAttack from Geoloqi. And the new Google Maps promo game. Who looks at the potential uses of online serious games for public participation in urban planning. Posted by Ola Ahlqvist. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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GeoGame: The Importance of Spatial and Visual Thinking
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Thursday, October 3, 2013. The Importance of Spatial and Visual Thinking. Kirk Goldsberry, professor of Geography at Michigan State University, makes a nice argument in this Harvard Business Review online post. Posted by Ola Ahlqvist. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Higher Education Video Game Alliance. Bio – Jonathan. Managing geodetic risks in E&P. Chris Hill - ESL Technology.com. Gameful Site Wide Activity. Some links of interest.
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GeoGame: October 2011
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. BIG problems - BIG data. As we are picking up speed with our NSF sponsored GeoGames project we are starting to untangle some of the very specific details of taking a well-researched role-playing simulation. It feels even more important to come up with a variety of approaches to understand and address this big problem. If GeoGames could provide some answers for us remains to be seen but Thierry Gregorius' recent confession.
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GeoGame: April 2012
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. April fool's weekend is over and I will admit that I fell for one of the jokes, the Google Maps Quest ( see Brett Molina's USA Today report here including links to some funny landmarks. Although, as readers of this blog will know, I do not usually joke around when it comes to online map games (OMG! If you missed it you can still look around in the Quest mode here. We stay tuned for Google's next step into the OMG! Posted by Ola Ahlqvist.
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GeoGame: May 2012
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Sharing my thoughts around web-map-gaming. Tuesday, May 1, 2012. A bunch of things are emerging, both in terms of online map games (OMG! And research that look at what these creations have to offer. Some of the more interesting example from my own navigation is MapAttack from Geoloqi. And the new Google Maps promo game. Who looks at the potential uses of online serious games for public participation in urban planning. Posted by Ola Ahlqvist. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.