Aesthetics and Design for Game-based Learning

Michele D. Dickey is a Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at Miami University of Ohio, USA. She is currently Program Coordinator for the graduate programs in Educational Technology and Instructional Design and Technology. In addition to research, she has also authored the 3D immersive game-based environment Murder on Grimm Isle.

• Series Editor IntroductionAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Aesthetics, Experiences and GamesChapter 2: Aesthetics and Game GenresChapter 3: Aesthetics and Player PerspectiveChapter 4: Aesthetics and Narrative DesignChapter 5: Aesthetics and Character DesignChapter 6: Aesthetics and Environment DesignChapter 7: Aesthetics and Game MechanicsChapter 8: Aesthetics, Inquiry and Research

"This book is about a vital but neglected aspect of game-based learning: emotionally imbuing participants with motivation and meaning through aesthetic experiences. Like the vision of games it espouses, Dickey weaves a seamless, elegant, and complete exposition of design principles for aesthetic learning."Chris Dede, Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard University, USA"A useful, in-depth examination of how aesthetics contribute to the growing complexity of gaming, filling another niche in the rapidly developing world of gaming scholarship. Michele Dickey examines how aesthetics are used in a number of different ways and via differing critical lenses in order to give a comprehensive, well-informed picture of how they inform game-based design and learning. By studying the ways that aesthetics function within different game genres, as well as providing useful directions to using aesthetics within educational game design, this book provides an informative, solid guide to critical and practical applications of aesthetics in gaming."Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of West England, UK