This presentation was delivered at the Serious Games Workshop organised at the European Commission Technology Enhanced Learning conference in Nice in September 2009

1. Serious Games Past, Present and Future David Wortley Director Serious Games Institute

2. Where are we going ? Who is taking us there ?

4. Introduction to the SGI

5. Serious Games Institute (SGI) “ An international centre of excellence for the application of electronic games and virtual worlds to serious social and economic issues (including learning)”

6. Type of Serious Games and their Objectives

7. Serious Games are NOT New Games have always had serious uses and benefits

9. Today’s Serious Games Example Game Objective / Outcome Flight Simulator Motor skills, co-ordination Floodsim Change awareness, attitude Obesity Challenge Change behaviour, educate Nano-science Infiniteams Increase understanding & engagement Develop team building & collaboration

10. Tomorrow’s Serious Games Intelligent profiling and customisation

11. Impact of Games Technologies on Society, Business and Education

12. Digital Natives Video Games are changing our relationship with technology

13. Predicting the Future 1949 2009 ?

14. Predicting the Future 1949 2009

15. Predicting the Future 2000 2009 ?

16. Predicting the Future 2000 2009

17. The Most Disruptive Technology Developments in History Media Consumption Media Production

18. Who or What Is Driving These Changes ?

19. The Agent for Change is Us WEB 2.0

20. Our Needs and Expectations

22. We are driving technology to provide More control over our lives, our world and our relationships and we are prepared to pay for it !!

23. A Simple Illustration In-flight Entertainment Yesterday Today Tomorrow ? One size fits all Intelligent entertainment

24. Important Technology Trends which are having a big impact on Society, Business and Education

25. Personalisation Applications will be personalised to and by the individual

26. Interfaces & Accessibility Applications will be accessible through new ambient devices

27. Persistent Memory User capabilities and experiences will be persistent across applications

28. Search & Discover Applications will be more self-directed and based on discovery rather than knowledge transfer

29. Data Visualisation Applications will be enhanced by 3D data visualisation

30. Challenges & Rewards Games methodologies bring challenges and rewards to applications

31. Creative Publishing Creative technologies will support knowledge sharing and collaboration

33. My Computer Loves Me !! Converging technologies aim to develop individual relationships and build communities

34. How will this impact Society, Business and Education?

35. Is Technology Changing Learners ? Classroom The hard way Top down Hierarchical Unwise Team informed Get out of the way Unsure Once per year Sets me back Seeks approval Command & control No news is good news Uncomfortable Too much and I’ll leave Hub & spoke Horizontal Coach Weekly/daily Unable to work without it Necessary Part of my daily routine Unfathomable if not provided On demand Partner Team decided Collaborative Collaborative Collaborative & networked Continuous & expected Facilitated Guarded Team included Independent Independent Required to keep me Traditionalist Boomer Gen X Gen Y Training Learning style Communication Problem-solving Decision-making Leadership style Feedback Technology use Job changing

36. The Multi-Tasking Generation There is medical evidence to indicate that the brains of young people are becoming increasingly “hard-wired” for multi-tasking - making them able to handle (and expect) multiple simultaneous information sources and to make judgements on which sources to give attention to. How can/should society respond to this ?

37. What’s different about Today ?

38. Who do we learn from ? Knowledge Professionals Our peers

39. Impact of Technology Teaching Methods Collaborative Learning Teacher & Learner Hierarchical Learning Networked Learning Assimilation of existing knowledge Discovery of new knowledge

40. Facts or Information Handling ?

41. What’s different about Today ? Apart from teachers, students, how we teach and what we teach

42. Students becoming Teachers ?

44. Most Influential Technologies Games Virtual Worlds Social Networks

46. Serious Games Past, Present and Future David Wortley Director Serious Games Institute