Educational video game design, René St-Pierre's dissertation
La conception de jeux vidéo éducatifs, thèse de René St-Pierre
What they say about it...Ce qu'ils en disent...
"Great website/dissertation René, I especially liked your simple synthesis of the learning models and how they apply to educational video game design. (...) I'll use extensively your bibliography, it's ready-made research for busy people."
Annee Daniel Bayeux
Distance Learning Manager, Alstom
http://www.alstom.com
"Thanks for sharing René. We are developing educational games. I am sure it will be useful for us."
Satyarth Negi
Founder Member and Lead Developer, Mactabilis Arts
http://www.mactabilisarts.com
"Thank you for passing this on. Very interesting"
Clark Aldrich
Simulation Designer | Speaker | Thought Leader | Analyst | Strategist
http://clarkaldrich.blogspot.com/
"Hi René, I have to say that this work is impressive, congratulations."
Ben Wibberley
VP North America, Babel Media
http://www.babelmedia.com/
"Thanks, René! Your presentation encapsulates our values and thought processes around the instructional design value of video gaming technology."
Kevin McNulty
Owner, Coole Immersive
http://cooleimmersive.com/
"Dear René, many thanks for your message and the links to your Ph.D. research. It is really interesting. I work in schools around the north of England, encouraging them to use video games in their curriculum."
Steve Bunce
Schools E-Learning and Games Consultant, Northumberland County Council
http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/
"This is a very cool resource, René. Thanks very much for making it available online."
Erin Hoffman
Lead Designer, Humanature Studio
http://humanaturestudios.com
"This is really interesting. I love the format."
Pamela M. Kato
Senior Research Scientist, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
http://www.umcutrecht.nl/research/"...looks very informative and well presented. I would certainly refer you to people who would be interested in this."
Arindam Mitra
Head of Operations at Synqua Games, Bombay, India
http://www.synqua.com/
"Hi Rene - thanks for touching base and sharing info on your dissertation...this is something I could definitely share with our students."
Drew Davidson
Director, Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University
http://www.etc.cmu.edu/people/faculty/"Thank you for posting your online dissertation, this is fascinating!"
Robin B. Seitz
Senior Consultant, World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/"What a great site, with so many resources!"
Maria Droujkova
Founder and director, Natural Math
http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/
"Educational Video Game Design - a very well done web presentation of a PhD thesis"
Dr. Michael Wagner, MBA
Professor for Technology Enhanced Learning and Multimedia - Department of Image Science
"...bravo pour votre site très intéressant."
Jean-Marie Guitera
http://subversivegames.com/
"Merci beaucoup pour ces matériaux (...). Cela vient renforcer, fortement étayer et structurer un ensemble épars d'informations, d'observations, analyses que j'ai noté, collecté depuis de nombreuse années."
Jean Pierre QUIGNAUX
Collaborateur du Président du Conseil Général des Côtes d'Armor et de l'Assemblée des Départements de France
http://www.cg22.fr/
"Une thèse sur les jeux vidéos éducatifs : présentation originale et abordable"
François Boquet
Professeur d'université associé à l'Université Lumière Lyon 2