Open AccessThe Game of Academic Ethics: The Partnering of a Board Game
Author(s) -
Sugar Stephen E.,
Willett Carol A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.1994.tb00261.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , general partnership , game developer , game design , engineering ethics , work (physics) , game design document , game testing , computer science , multimedia , sociology , engineering , political science , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , law
A developer of classroom games agrees to a challenging assignment: to develop a classroom board game on the topic of academic ethics. This paper describes how, in partnership with a content expert, he successfully developed and piloted the game for adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland, University College. The two developers, cited as game writer and content expert, work through a variety of design, substance and logistical obstacles to ultimately pilot the game, A Question of Academic Ethics .