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#devlearn Implementing SCORM in serious games - Kris Rockwell

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Defining serious games. 

 

• Games can be cost effective and engaging.
• They can be customized to the user experience. 
• Wide ranges of interactions can be allllied
• As you move along the challenges can become greater and greater based on the learners progressing abilities 
• Games can capture a great deal of metrics

 Game metrics example

• Call of duty: Black Ops Metrics (infograpnic). If they can collect this kind of data in a game, imagine being able to analysize who is performing how well, who is working together and how and they do it successfully 
• Starcraft/Starcraft II metrics: Korea esport, people are sitting and playing these games in front of hundreds. Look for the video. Champion players have and average 200-300 clicks per minute while playing. Not only that, but every click is a decision as well. That is a lot of data that can be captured
• Other examples Civialization as a teaching tool. Metrics a little harder to get

 Case study

• Needed simple gem using decision tree and quizzes
• Flash based
• Components needed to be tracked
• Multiple choice style questions using cmi.core.score.raw
• Capture freefrom elements cmi.suspend.data
•  Completion of the game cmi.suspend.data cmi.core.lesson_status
• Overall time in game. cmi.core.total_time

 What went right

• Data was tracked into LMS
• Implementatn easy
• Data model elements were easily adapted to the required functionality

 Improvements

• Journal enteries not truly "tracked". Entered, but not truly comparable. 
• Game play was limited
• If it was an off the shelf game with no open API then it can be exemely difficult to integrate
• No tracking of a player throughout the game. Not the choices made along the way. 

CMI 5 

• next generation of data tracking specs that will come out in the near future
• Intended to replace AICC and SCORM  
• Core set of pre-defined  data tracking elements
• Ability for the content to define what data is to be collected