Physical games offer an incredible opportunity for people to explore & learn concepts. This can be applied in STEM education! We chat with Richard Durham, a passionate advocate for game design and the Curriculum Development Manager for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. This is part 1 of 2 discussions on applying game design to learning environments.

Hosted by Ben Newsome from Fizzics Education

More about Richard Durham

Richard provides strategic guidance and decision-making in relation to curriculum development and learning design for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. His background is in education, degrees in science education, curriculum design and instruction, and a decade of classroom teaching. He also designs serious games and consults for social good organisations, museums, events, and schools, leveraging his passion and experience for play, games, and learning design.

Email: rich@wondertree.nz
Education email: r.durham@auckland.ac.nz
Twitter: @richdurham

Hohi 1816 
Recent project: an educational board game about Aotearoa's first school, In collaboration with Ruth Lemon of Te Puna Wānanga in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at UoA. https://hohi1816.nz/

Megagames? What is that?
A 2015 docu-style playthrough of "Watch the Skies" (Language warning!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN71v9H_gg8

Examples of science teaching games
Gutcheck: the Microbe game 
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001984

Genius Games' collection
https://www.geniusgames.org/collections/science-based-tabletop-games

Paved Paradise: a climate change tiny house game
http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/board-games-as-educational-tools_2021_05/
(journal article is readable and covers the basics of games-based learning vocabulary)

A game design curriculum:
Stone Librande, who has a great curriculum for teaching game design to beginning game designers:
Stone's Game Design Curriculum written for Riot Games, (CC-license) for teachers (with links to US standards): 
https://www.riotgames.com/en/urf-academy/the-curriculum

Stone's GDC video on Designing games for Game designers: https://gdcvault.com/play/1015305/Designing-Games-for-Game


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With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world!

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Physical games offer an incredible opportunity for people to explore &amp; learn concepts. This can be applied in STEM education! We chat with Richard Durham, a passionate advocate for game design and the Curriculum Development Manager for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. This is part 1 of 2 discussions on applying game design to learning environments.
Hosted by <a href="https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/team/ben-newsome/">Ben Newsome</a> from <a href="https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/">Fizzics Education</a>
More about Richard Durham Richard provides strategic guidance and decision-making in relation to curriculum development and learning design for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. His background is in education, degrees in science education, curriculum design and instruction, and a decade of classroom teaching. He also designs serious games and consults for social good organisations, museums, events, and schools, leveraging his passion and experience for play, games, and learning design. Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:rich@wondertree.nz">rich@wondertree.nz</a> Education email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:r.durham@auckland.ac.nz">r.durham@auckland.ac.nz</a> Twitter: @richdurham Hohi 1816&nbsp; Recent project: an educational board game about Aotearoa's first school, In collaboration with Ruth Lemon of Te Puna Wānanga in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at UoA. <a href="https://hohi1816.nz/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://hohi1816.nz/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628377778848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVRRZF2scekw-oGc3Lah3lB2LExA">https://hohi1816.nz/</a> Megagames? What is that? A 2015 docu-style playthrough of "Watch the Skies" (Language warning!) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN71v9H_gg8" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DhN71v9H_gg8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628377778848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFeJeN4TrwdsS_ilPWxr5T-OrMqVg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN71v9H_gg8 </a> Examples of science teaching games Gutcheck: the Microbe game&nbsp; <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001984" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id%3D10.1371/journal.pbio.2001984&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628377778848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEHv2FyVPgf2h4EXAdn5rcLvzCHQ">https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2001984 </a> Genius Games' collection <a href="https://www.geniusgames.org/collections/science-based-tabletop-games" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.geniusgames.org/collections/science-based-tabletop-games&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628377778848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDsxfXA-01vnXTvj8BSKu0jf5ITg">https://www.geniusgames.org/collections/science-based-tabletop-games</a> Paved Paradise: a climate change tiny house game <a href="http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/board-games-as-educational-tools_2021_05/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/board-games-as-educational-tools_2021_05/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628377778848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGzR3mY5aft-9e_6GePOZ0bfcG_Q">http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/board-games-as-educational-tools_2021_05/ </a>(journal article is readable and covers the basics of games-based learning vocabulary) A game design curriculum: Stone Librande, who has a great curriculum for teaching game design to beginning game designers: Stone's Game Design Curriculum written for Riot Games, (CC-license) for teachers (with links to US standards):&nbsp; <a href="https://www.riotgames.com/en/urf-academy/the-curriculum" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.riotgames.com/en/urf-academy/the-curriculum&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628377778848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRMTSEhSYvDfrivArlFrE0iVPHOw">https://www.riotgames.com/en/urf-academy/the-curriculum</a> Stone's GDC video on Designing games for Game designers:&nbsp;<a href="https://gdcvault.com/play/1015305/Designing-Games-for-Game" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://gdcvault.com/play/1015305/Designing-Games-for-Game&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1628377778848000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGm62a0u053wOoKNxdQfZ-aKJBbIQ">https://gdcvault.com/play/1015305/Designing-Games-for-Game</a> 
Hosted by <a href="https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/team/ben-newsome/">Ben Newsome</a> from <a href="https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/">Fizzics Education</a>
With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice &amp; pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas &amp; challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world!
<a href="https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/">https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/</a>
Know an educator who'd love this STEM podcast episode?&nbsp;
Share it! The FizzicsEd podcast is a member of the Australian Educators Online Network&nbsp;(AEON ) <a href="http://www.aeon.net.au/">http://www.aeon.net.au/</a>

For educators and teachers working to make STEM amazing... no matter whether you're teaching science in grade 1, running a high school lab or delivering science shows in a museum, this education show helps you teach science & technology the way kids want to learn. The FizzicsEd Podcast brings in educators from across Australia and around the world to talk about tips, tricks, lessons and learnings they've had whilst working with students in the classroom and beyond. Hosted by Ben Newsome, a science teacher, author and founder of the multi-award winning science outreach team at Fizzics Education.

The FizzicsEd Podcast

For educators wanting to make STEM awesome! No matter whether you're teaching science in grade 1, running a high school lab or delivering  science shows in a museum, this show helps you teach science & technology the way kids want to learn.

The FizzicsEd Podcast brings in educators from across Australia and around the world to talk about tips, tricks, lessons and learnings they've had whilst working with students in the classroom and beyond. Hosted by Ben Newsome, a science teacher, author and founder of the multi-award winning science outreach team at Fizzics Education.

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