{"id":4539,"date":"2014-09-24T08:36:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T14:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4539"},"modified":"2014-09-24T08:36:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T14:36:24","slug":"the-calm-and-the-storm-simulation-and-games-why-all-games-are-simu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/09\/24\/the-calm-and-the-storm-simulation-and-games-why-all-games-are-simu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Calm and The Storm: Simulation and Games &#8211; Why All Games are Simu\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>My keynote from last year at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iasted.org\/conferences\/Speaker1-802.html\" target=\"_blank\">The 24th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/becker\/the-calm-and-the-storm\"><img src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/the-calm-and-the-storm-simulation-and-games-why-all-games-are-simulations-and-the-challenges-of-using-simulations-and-games-for-learning-1-638.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/becker\/the-calm-and-the-storm\">The Calm and The Storm: Simulation and Games &#8211; Why All Games are Simu\u2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4539'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4539);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4539);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4539);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>My keynote from last year at the The 24th IASTED International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. 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If you are looking at simulations designed to be educational, then, sure - it's a tautology. But coming from CS and having some experience with computer simulations, I see a much bigger landscape when I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4164,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/08\/09\/comparing-gamification-serious-games-and-simulations\/","url_meta":{"origin":4539,"position":1},"title":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations. \u00a0 My last post complained about being shut down on several LinkedIn groups because I disagreed with the poster. 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