Game Design Principles for Teaching Ethics: Insights from Designer Board Games

From the Interactive Media & Games Seminar Series; Tomer Perry, a postdoctoral fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University examines using game design principles to enhance teaching by making engaging and immersive home assignments and classroom activities. For inspiration, he turns to the rich (and rapidly growing) world of designer board games, reviewing game mechanics that can transfer from tabletop game design to effective pedagogy.