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Chapter 13 - Game Review

Quest Atlantis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

By
Michael Thome
Edited by
Talib S. Hussain  and
Susan L. Coleman
Michael Thome
Affiliation:
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Talib S. Hussain
Affiliation:
Raytheon BBN Technologies
Susan L. Coleman
Affiliation:
Intelligent Decision Systems, Inc.
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Summary

Abstract

Quest Atlantis is a virtual world that has been developed for the express purpose of leveraging children’s familiarity with online videogame metaphors to provide flexible and high-quality educational curricula to students. The combination of compelling technology, a rich ecosystem of educational materials, and a class-centric focus contributes to a complete system that stands on its own as well as offers guidance to developers of similar systems.

Introduction

Quest Atlantis (QA) is a three-dimensional virtual world designed from the ground up to be an engaging educational environment for middle and early high school children (Barab et al., 2005) using the principle of transformational play: “In transformational play, students become immersed in activities that engage them intellectually and push back on their thinking and actions. Rather than working on problems in which they must imagine the implications of their decisions (as in most project-based work) students experience consequentiality” (Barab, Gresali, & Arici, 2009 , p. 77).

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Design and Development of Training Games
Practical Guidelines from a Multidisciplinary Perspective
 , pp. 377 - 392
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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