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Introducing Game Development into the Computing Curriculum: a Progressive Methodology

Price, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2173-9897, Colvin, John and Wright, Warren (2006) Introducing Game Development into the Computing Curriculum: a Progressive Methodology. Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences (ITALICS), 5 (3). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1473-7507

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Abstract

The Computer Game industry is big business, the demand for graduates is high, indeed there is a continuing shortage of skilled employees. As with most professions, the skill set required is both specific and diverse. There are currently over 30 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the UK offering Computer games related courses. We expect that as the demand from the industry is sustained, more HEIs will respond with the introduction of game-related degrees. This is quite a considerable undertaking involving many issues from integration of new modules or complete courses within the existing curriculum, to staff development. In this paper we share our experiences of introducing elements of game development into our curriculum. This has occurred over the past two years, starting with the inclusion of elements of game development into existing programming modules, followed by the validation of complete modules, and culminating in a complete degree course. Our experience is that our adopting a progressive approach to development, spread over a number of years, was crucial in achieving a successful outcome.

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The original publication was available at http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/vol5iss3.htm. Now available from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.11120/ital.2006.05030004

Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: computer games, games development, computer game modules, games-based learning
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Divisions: College of Business, Psychology and Sport > Worcester Business School
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Depositing User: Elizabeth Symonds
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2007 10:40
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2020 16:48
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/21

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