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Teaching IF

Interactive fiction is increasingly being used in junior high and high school classrooms to encourage reading and teach problem-solving skills; it is also approached critically in college and graduate courses on digital and new media studies, and used as an example project in courses on computer programming and game design.

What follows is just a short list of the courses I know about; there may be more out there.

New Media and Programming courses

Also of interest: Eastgate’s compendium of academic resources.

IF in secondary education

Other IF games written to be educational

5 comments

  1. [...] media studies, and used as an example project in courses on computer programming and game design [more] * “Exploratory Learning Through Educational Simulation & Games”, San Diego State [...]


  2. [...] Teaching IF [...]


  3. [...] growing list of teaching projects that use Inform 7 appears now on Emily Short’s site. Short has been quite busy of late; she has a new biweekly column at Game Set Watch and continues to [...]


  4. Hi, Emily. I had an IF unit in the Virtual Worlds for Education course I’m teaching this spring. This is part of an educational technology course sequence designed for practicing K-12 teachers.

    You can find the course info in our wiki.


    • Very intriguing — thanks for the link.



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