{"id":14830,"date":"2011-02-07T17:36:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T22:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=14830"},"modified":"2011-02-07T17:37:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T22:37:07","slug":"alternative-reality-games-args-as-mobile-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2011\/02\/07\/alternative-reality-games-args-as-mobile-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative reality games (ARGs) as mobile learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/floatlearning.com\/2011\/02\/alternative-reality-games-args-as-mobile-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alternative reality games (ARGs) as mobile learning<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from Float Mobile Learning by John Feser<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">An  alternate reality game, or ARG for short, (pronounced by saying the   letters \u2018A-R-G\u2019, not by sounding like a pirate) is an interactive   narrative that uses the real world as a stage for telling a story,   playing out a scenario or creating a learning experience.\u00a0 ARGs make use  of diverse media and game elements to help tell and impact the outcome  of the story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Mobile  devices combined with a good story and an educational game can  be a  powerful way to increase engagement and activity level of your  learners.  ARGs offer an interesting way to bring your mobile technology  along for  the ride. ARGs are being successfully used in marketing and   entertainment as well as to train and solve real world problems.   Organizations that are looking for creative ways to engage in mobile   learning should consider the benefits ARGs have to offer. By crafting a   realistic, enjoyable experience, you\u2019ll be reinforcing behavior that   most companies are actively seeking in their employees: critical problem   solving, inquisitiveness and creativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alternative reality games (ARGs) as mobile learning &#8212; from Float Mobile Learning by John Feser Excerpts: An alternate reality game, or ARG for short, (pronounced by saying the letters \u2018A-R-G\u2019, not by sounding like a pirate) is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a stage for telling a story, playing out a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,18,215,141,276,14,245,23,157],"tags":[702,578,294,142,151,575,67,580,649,651],"class_list":["post-14830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-digital-storytelling","category-educational-games-serious-games","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-interactivity","category-mobile-learning","category-mobile-technologies","category-multimedia","category-storytelling","tag-creativity","tag-digital-storytelling","tag-engagement","tag-engaging-students","tag-games","tag-mobile-learning","tag-mobile-technology","tag-multimedia","tag-story","tag-storytelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14830"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14835,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14830\/revisions\/14835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}