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In 2002, the Foresight and Governance Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars launched the Serious Games initiative. The goal of this initiative is to advance the application of game-based learning and teaching tools to public policy and management challenges. The initiative addresses three interrelated questions: |
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What public policy issues and challenges are most amenable to computer-based gaming techniques? |
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What existing and emerging game technologies (such as multi-user, virtual environments) might be particularly useful when applied to policy issues? |
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How can we quickly expand
the application of computer-based games to a much wider range of
key challenges facing our government? |
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To advance this agenda, the Woodrow Wilson Center will host a workshop on February 5th and 6th on Serious Games. This event is being co-sponsored with Digitalmill, a development firm responsible for the game Virtual U, and supported by a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. We have also been commissioning papers that explore core questions surrounding game application to policy and management issues. |
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David Rejeski
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