MA Game-based Learning - Development of interdisciplinary learning games

Interdisciplinary Seminar
Please note: This seminar will only be held in German

In this seminar, we will work in groups to design and implement our own small interdisciplinary (learning) games - be it a computer-based game, a board game or a card game. The seminar will be thematically open so that interdisciplinary ideas can be developed in an agile and creative design thinking process. The students will be accompanied and supported in the development process by the seminar leader and design thinking experts. The learning games developed in the seminar will then be further developed by the game-based learning project team and ideally used later in teaching.

Learning objectives

• Students know the basics of gamification and game-based learning as well as their diverse areas of application in teaching.
• Students know the individual steps of the design thinking process - from understanding the problem to the playable prototype.
• Students can evaluate existing gamification and game-based learning elements.
• Students can apply the concepts they have learned and create their own interdisciplinary (learning) game.

Creditability

The seminar is open to students at Master's level in all fields of study. The number of participants is limited.

Since the seminar is offered by the School for Transdisciplinary Studies in the study program, please note the following principles for credit transfer:

• Crediting of courses from the School for Transdisciplinary Studies (STS): https://www.sts.uzh.ch/de/studierende/anrechenbarkeit.html
• Crediting of courses from the School for Transdisciplinary Studies (STS) for students at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics: https://www.oec.uzh.ch/de/studies/credits/transdisciplinary-studies.html

The seminar is particularly creditable in the Master's minor in Sustainable Finance.

Performance review

Active participation in the seminar, group work with presentations. The presentations will take place during the face-to-face seminar. If this is not possible, the presentations will be held online.

Participation requirements

Completed Bachelor's degree

Dates & Registration

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In brief

• 3 ECTS credits
• for Master students
• in German
• takes place in fall semester
• limited number of participants

Please note the information in the VVZ - in case of doubt, these apply.