Listen to the Episode:Caryl Shaw and a journey into SPORE Developed by Maxis, the same outfit that gave the world the legendary SimCity and Sims games, Spore appears to have gone gangbusters since its release just a couple of months ago. Maxis set out to make a game in which players could design and evolve [...]
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Caryl Shaw on SPORE – the inside story
December 20, 2008 · 1 Comment · Education in Virtual Worlds, Gaming & Education
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Games without Pain: easy to use game engines as teaching, learning, and creative tools
December 13, 2008 · No Comments · Gaming & Education
Listen to the Episode: Games Without Pain At Create World 2008 Shane Henderson and Mark McMahon (Edith Cowan University) lead a hands-on workshop on the 3D game engine Sauerbraten, an open source first person shooter game that allows for "inworld" editing, with no background in programming, artwork, or game development required. Cat Hope spoke to [...]
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Allan Carrington is a Learning Designer with the Centre of Learning and Professional Development at the University of Adelaide. 
Dr Ian Green teaches and researches in areas of researcher education, elearning and linguistics at the University of Adelaide. 
Dr Kate Foy is a freelance creative arts consultant and practitioner, and an e-learning researcher. She was until recently Associate Professor and Deputy Dean Faculty of Arts, University of Southern Queensland. 
Cat Hope runs the composition, music technology and postgraduate programs in music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan Univeristy in Perth, WA. She is a composer, performer, installation artist and active music researcher and writer. 
