17.914
International Politics in the New Century - via Simulation, Interactive Gaming, and 'Edutainment'
January IAP 2005
Topics
- Brief Break
- Final Project Discussion and Course Wrap-up
Readings
- Choucri, N., and C. Garcia. “Introduction & Overview.” In Global Agenda: Fostering Political Edutainment in the 21st century. " Faculty Working Paper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. May 2003.
- Hughes, Barry. International Futures: Choices in the Creation of a New World Order . Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993, pp. 1-45. ISBN: 9780813316512.
- Rieber, L. P. “Seriously Considering Play: Designing Interactive Learning Environments Based on the Blending of Microworlds, Simulations, and Games. ” Educational Technology Research and Development 44, no. 2 (1996): 43-58.
- Baylis, John, and Steve Smith. The Globalization of World Politics . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 13-133. ISBN: 9780198782636.
- Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The psychology of optimal experience . New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1990. ISBN: 9780060162535.
- Herz, Jessie Cameron. Joystick Nation: How Videogames Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and Rewired Our Minds . Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Co., 1997. ISBN: 9780316360074.
- Papert, Seymour. Mindstorms: Children, Computer and Powerful Ideas . New York, NY: Basic Books, 1981. ISBN: 9780465046270.
- Squire, K. “Reframing the Cultural Space of Computer and Video Games.” Faculty Working Paper, Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001.
- Boylan, Myles. “What Have We Learned From 15 Years of Supporting the Development of Innovative Teaching Technology?” Social Science Computer Review 22 (2004): 405-425.
- Scott, Orford, Richard Harris, and Daniel Dorling. “Geography: Information Visualization in the Social Sciences-A State-of-the-Art Review.” Social Science Computer Review 17 (1999): 289-304.
- Tufte, Edward. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780961392147. Introduction; Chapters 1, 2, 3; Epilogue.
- Bainbridge, William Sims. “International Network for Integrated Social Science. ” Social Science Computer Review 17 (1999): 405-420.
- Rouse, Richard. Computer Game Design: Theory and Practice . Plano, TX: Wordware Publishing, 2001. ISBN: 9781556229121.
- Castells, Manuel. The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. Vol. 2, The Power of Identity . Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004. ISBN: 9781405107136.
- “Geographic Information Research at the Millennium.” European Science Foundation Social Science Programme. Le Bischenberg, France: September 13-17, 1997.
- “Geographic Information Science: Critical Issues in an Emerging Cross-Disciplinary Research Domain.” National Science Foundation: January 14-15, 1999.
- Hewitt, Christopher. Understanding Terrorism in America: From the Klan to Al Qaeda . New York, NY: Routledge, 2002. ISBN: 9780415277662.
- Huntington, S. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. New York, NY: Touchstone Books, 1998. ISBN: 9780684844411.
- Starr, H. “Opportunity, Willingness and Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Reconceptualizing Borders in International Relations.” Political Geography 21, no. 2 (2002): 243-261.
- Stiglitz, Joseph. Globalization and its Discontents . New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2002. ISBN: 9780393051247.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.