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Negotiate your future: Web‐based role play

Gilbert Ahamer (Environmental Technologist at UBA, FH Joanneum, Graz, Austria.)

Campus-Wide Information Systems

ISSN: 1065-0741

Article publication date: 1 February 2004

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Abstract

An original concept for a Web‐based role play “SurfingGlobalChange” is proposed on the basis of multi‐year interdisciplinary teaching experience and constructivist pedagogy. Underlying didactic orientation is towards self‐guided learning, acquiring socially compatible “competence to act” in a globalised world, self‐optimising social procedures inside teams, process‐orientation and peer‐review instead of teacher’s review. Participating students find themselves in an argumentative battle where they put their marks at stake. A comparison with similar games highlights the increased level of responsibility attributed to and expected from learners using this kind of “digital game‐based learning”.

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Ahamer, G. (2004), "Negotiate your future: Web‐based role play", Campus-Wide Information Systems, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 35-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650740410512329

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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