RhetoricVille

M. Daniels at Princeton has a online playable version of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The computer opponent is programmed to play four different strategies. The human player can pick the strategy or let chance do it.  It’s a simple interactive introduction to a basic non zero-sum game.

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On Friday, I went to a small conference at UM-Flint on engaging students in on-line learning. The keynote speaker was Fred Goodman, a professor emeritus of Education from the Ann Arbor campus. He is a game maker, and his ideas for teaching revolve around games and the insights that playing — and especially designing […]

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