Edugame/simulation system under development at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Used in the course Simulating Global Crises at HU.
07/02/2018
Our annual report under our HU Presidential Research Grant is now available:
PRG Review Sim Global 2018 Deliverable report under 2017-2018 Presidential Research Grant from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. Analysis of the SImGlobal edugaming system developed, refined, and taught under the grant.
05/31/2018
A description of the work SimGlobal team members John Carter McKnight and David Runyon, along with SimGlobal student alumni, have been doing with the U.S. Army War College:
Matrix games for student learning at the US Army War College The following article was contributed to PAXsims by Lieutenant Colonel Joe Chretien and Major Abe Goepfert of the Strategic Simulations Division (SSD), Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War …
04/20/2018
SimGlobal students' final presentation - a McKinsey & Company style consultancy report on volcanic disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery - absolutely killed it.
Congratulations to all, and apologies to Katla Volcano Iceland for blowing you up!
04/17/2018
Our GAM&E characters one year later...
03/28/2018
Last month staff from the U.S. Army War College worked with the SimGlobal students as they confront a public health crisis and natural disaster in Iceland:
03/26/2018
Can roleplay save the world? SimGlobal is training HU students to do just that.
Beyond Dungeons and Dragons: can role play save the world? From refugees to Aids, live action role-play games are exploring critical issues. But is the idea of social change via larp a fantasy?
Thanks to the organizers of today's STEM-UP Innovations in Teaching Symposium for hosting the SimGlobal team from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology!
03/24/2018
03/07/2018
SimGlobal has its very own on-call volcanologist, Lynda Bell: her secrets can be yours!
03/01/2018
Look, it's the GAM&E team in the field!
(Not really, but that's right where we left them in the simulation, at the mid-season cliffhanger)
02/27/2018
Huge thanks to our colleagues at the U.S. Army War College for their advice and engagement today, and to the administration of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology for their support of the project.
Representatives from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle sat in on a Simulating Global Crises class today.
Students enrolled in the course, created by Professor John McKnight and Librarian David Runyon, work together to confront a global crisis throughout the semester.
Students learn teamwork, develop communication and civic engagement skills, and more as they work in teams to confront a humanitarian crisis.
This semester, the simulation has students based in Iceland, where they are confronted with a volcanic response and mitigation scenario.
The U.S. Army War College uses an in-house simulation game as the final exam for Army officers enrolled in the college's two-year distance program.
Last summer, the War College and HU teamed to test the college's South China Sea Matrix simulation game here at HU.
Below are pictures from today's SimGlobal class:
01/23/2018