Serious Gaming for Your Whole Brain

Thursday, September 21, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT

Location: 343/344

CE: 1

Sponsored By

Co-Speaker(s)

Ian Jones, FP-C, NR-P, BAS (he/him/his)

Clinical Education Manager
Air Methods
Cheyenne, Wyoming
William Belk, BS, NRP (he/him/his)

Director of Simulation and Innovative Education
Air Methods Corporation
Longmont, Colorado

Disclosure(s):

Ian Jones, FP-C, NR-P, BAS: No financial relationships to disclose

William Belk, BS, NRP: No financial relationships to disclose

Game-based learning goes far beyond the use of VR and AR! William Belk and Ian Jones of Air Methods will explore serious games that can be created with any budget and the education theories that support their use. Participants will learn to create educational experiences for clinicians and students using rules and methods similar to popular games that they are already familiar with. Learners will be given the opportunity to play a game that is currently being used to train more than 1500 flight nurses and paramedics through the United States.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, the participant will be able to describe educational theories which support the use of Serious Games.
Upon completion, participants will be able to conduct low cost ways to develop educational games.
Upon completion, participants will be able to create and educational activity using existing game mechanics.