Course Language:
İngilizce
Course Objectives:
The aim of this course is to show needed methods for developing educational games.
Course Content:
Principles of educational games. Design educational games for a particular group of students to practice with or learn about a school subject. Fundamental concepts of visual programming used for design: Labels, text boxes; combo-boxes, lists, radio buttons. Mouse and keyboard event handling, exception handling.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Self Study, 5: Gösteri Yöntemi
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Testing, B: Experiment, C: Homework, D: Portfolio, E: Project
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| Know historical development of games. | 1,4,5 | A,C |
| Evaluate games. | 1,4,5 | A,C,D |
| Define educational game. | 1,4,5 | A,C,D |
| Design educational game scenarios. | 1,4,5 | C,D,E |
| Develop educational games. | 1,4,5 | C,D,E |
Course Flow
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Graphical User Interface Design in Visual Studio | |
| 3 | Label, textbox, combobox, listbox | |
| 4 | Checkbox, messagebox | |
| 5 | Iterations | |
| 6 | Radiobutton, arrays | |
| 7 | Do..while, switch case … iterations | |
| 8 | Function and sub procedures | |
| 9 | Graphics object and mouse events | |
| 10 | Pass-by-reference | |
| 11 | Game programming with XNA | |
| 12 | Game programming with XNA | |
| 13 | Game programming with XNA | |
| 14 | Game programming with XNA |
Recommended Sources
| Textbook | |
| Additional Resources |
Material Sharing
| Documents | |
| Assignments | 2 homework |
| Exams | Mid-terms, Final Project (design and development of educational game) |
Assessment
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 70 |
| Quizzes | - | - |
| Assignment | 3 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 |
| COURSE CATEGORY | Expertise/Field Courses |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Know instructional technologies and materials and how to implement these in courses; take role in applications such as educational software, e-learning, distance education and support other people around in need. | X | |||||
| 2 | Use process of design, planning, implementation and managing educational technologies efficient; design and prepare needed products, changes and updates examining these processes. | X | |||||
| 3 | Organize suitable technology supported education environments taking individual, social, cultural differences of students into consideration and special interest and needs. | X | |||||
| 4 | Have efficient usage skill for information and communication technologies within and out instruction process. | X | |||||
| 5 | Design and develop technology supported instructional materials to fulfill instruction needs. | X | |||||
| 6 | Can define needed software and input-output devices for set up optimum computer system. | X | |||||
| 7 | Can plan, implement and manage learning-teaching process. | ||||||
| 8 | Can develop and implement projects with knowing the processes of project development. | X | |||||
| 9 | Have information about computer software and hardware in level of teaching computer and information and communication technologies courses and supporting other teachers; use informatics and communication technologies (European Computer Driving License, Advanced Level). | X | |||||
| 10 | Have enough knowledge, skill and competence about teaching profession. | ||||||
| 11 | Can use current information communication technologies (software-hardware) and integrate them to learning-teaching processes. | X | |||||
| 12 | Have high level knowledge and can put in force learning teaching approaches, theories, strategies, methods and technics. | X | |||||
ECTS
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Quizes | - | - | - |
| Homeworks | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Final examination | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Work Load | 134 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 5,36 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |