I will be presenting “Assessing What Players Learned in Serious Games: In Situ Data Collection, Information Trails and Quantitative Analysis”at the 10th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational & Serious Games (CGAMES 2007) on July 25th - 28th, 2007, in Louisville, KY.
This would be my first foray into the computer games conferences outside of the field of instructional technology, it would be interesting to see what others think of Information Trails, and in situ data collection methodology.
The paper can be downloaded here: cgames2007.pdf
The main source for NWN2 tutorials is obviously NWN Vault, where you will find several leads, and even a series of video tutorials in Spanish. Amongst these, I will heartily recommend Githonym’s Don’t Panic Guide for new comers, and for those who wans to go on further.
But NWN2 being a new game, there is simply much less resources out there as compared to resources for NWN1. Can’t complain, with time, the situation will change, and for the better, I know. But right now, I need a tutorial that is suitable for a 4 week course, and preferably, one that’s based on the “project-based learning” approach. Looks like I will have to put in some elbow grease and make one myself.
The result of several weeks of hard work is the Neverwinter Pedia. I ended up learning to mod the game better, so again, no complain there.
Once I have everything completed, I should have it posted to NWVault, too.