The Design and Use of Simulation Computer Games in Education

• http://www.sensepublishers.com/
  

• Link to the electronic book from Sense Publishers here.
  
• Link to the book from Amazon here.
  

Or, a better option might be for you to download individual, printable chapters using the links below. Note that these are the proofed copies, so that the page numbers are different than the final paper book. However, each chapter has the proper page citation on the first page of the .pdf for you.

Introduction - BRETT E. SHELTON AND DAVID A. WILEY
1. IN PRAISE OF EPISTEMOLOGY - DAVID SHAFFER
2. SIX IDEAS IN SEARCH OF A DISCIPLINE - RICHARD VAN ECK
3. BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN SERIOUS GAME DESIGN AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN - JAMIE KIRKLEY, SONNY KIRKLEY AND JERRY HENEGHAN
4. LAYERED DESIGN IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL SIMULATION - ANDREW S. GIBBONS AND STEFAN SOMMER
5. DESIGNING EDUCATIONAL GAMES FOR ACTIVITY-GOAL ALIGNMENT - BRETT E. SHELTON
6. “THE PERIPATOS COULD NOT HAVE LOOKED LIKE THAT,” AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FROM STUDENT GAME DESIGN - RYAN M. MOELLER, JASON L. COOTEY, & KEN S. MCALLISTER
7. THE QUEST ATLANTIS PROJECT: A SOCIALLY-RESPONSIVE PLAY SPACE FOR LEARNING - SASHA BARAB, TYLER DODGE, HAKAN TUZUN, KIRK JOB-SLUDER, CRAIG JACKSON, ANNA ARICI, LAURA JOB-SLUDER, ROBERT CARTEAUX JR., JO GILBERTSON AND CONAN HEISELT
8. MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMING AS A CONSTELLATION OF LITERACY PRACTICES - CONSTANCE STEINKUEHLER
9. ROBUST DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR SCALING EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS - BRIAN C. NELSON, DIANE JASS KETELHUT, JODY CLARKE, ED DIETERLE, CHRIS DEDE AND BEN ERLANDSON
10. BUILDING THE WRONG MODEL:OPPORTUNITIES FOR GAME DESIGN - KENNETH E. HAY
11. PLACE-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY GAMES FOR LEARNING - KURT D. SQUIRE, MINGFONG JAN, JAMES MATTHEWS, MARK WAGLER, JOHN MARTIN, BEN DEVANE, AND CHRIS HOLDEN

Here is the "one sheet" of the book, with the cool art attached!:

• SimCompGames-OneSheet.doc (1.5M)