Computer games and learning/ Lectures and tasks :
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Links:
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Army Land Warrior
Future Force Warrior
Americas Army
Full Spectrum Warrior
Counter-Strike
Virtual Reality Prepares Soldiers for Real War
The Making of an X Box Warrior
Training Games
Military Training Is Just a Game
Video games "stimulate learning"
Digital game-based learning
Game-based learning
Game Studies
Video game controversy (Wikipedia)
Reality Bytes: Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked
Violent Video Games and Brain Activity
Are Games Addictive?
Video Game and Internet Addiction
Lectures:
ICT and the Army (In Norwegian)
ICT and the Army (Mp3/In English)
Technology and Development (Flash Video/In English)
ICT and Development of Technology (Mp3/In English)
ICT and Development of Technology (Mp3/In Norwegian)
Student task :
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Play Ghost Recon, Full Spectrum Warrior, Counter-Strike or some other similar tactical shooter game.
Read the Geneva Conventions and have a look at DoD Directive 5500.7, "Standards of Conduct" (pdf), or the book "Military Ethics" (In Norwegian).
Write a short essay discussing if any of the values and rules that you read in the Geneva Conventions, in the DoD Directive and in the book
are implemented in the tactical shooter games you have tried. Is it possible to play these games efficiently, and win, and at the same time follow ethical rules? |
