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IGDA Education Committee

IGDA Education Committee. GDC 2003 Status Report. The IGDA. Independent non-profit professional association Build community Provide a unified voice on common issues Promote art form of games Providing business resources/support Sharing knowledge, education….

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IGDA Education Committee

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  1. IGDA Education Committee GDC 2003 Status Report

  2. The IGDA • Independent non-profit professional association • Build community • Provide a unified voice on common issues • Promote art form of games • Providing business resources/support • Sharing knowledge, education…

  3. What is the Education Committee? • IGDA committee formed in 2000 • Goals • Bring together academy and developers • Help <improve/evolve/grow> gaming • Gain new insights into process, analysis, history • Raise awareness of games as art form and career path • Improve quality of applicants (MINOR goal) • Produce several specific deliverables

  4. Who is the education committee? • Started with 2.5 members • Warren Spector • Doug Church • The indefatigable Jason Della Rocca (the “.5”) • After a roundtable at GDC -15-20 initial members • Core of 5 people coordinating activities

  5. What does the EduComm do… • Well • Facilitate • Communicate • Publicize • Not • Journals • Conferences • Large scale lobbying • $$$

  6. Committee Activities • Last year: first Edu Summit at GDC ’02 • SIGGRAPH panel presentation • GDC Europe Edu Summit • And, of course, this event here

  7. Project Status • Curriculum Framework Document • Initial draft complete • Ongoing attempt to clarify bullet list items • Online Bibliography • Underway, but basically just starting • Pamphlet to HS guidance counselors • Sent out last year • Various online database efforts beginning

  8. More on Curriculum Framework • Initially planned as specific degree plan • Realized that a single plan for all programs/universities/students was impossible • “Framework” model provides guidance while allowing flexible usage • Big focus of last years Summit • Drafted, redrafted, still being revised • Currently available and in use

  9. Academic Summit • Goals of the Summit • Networking across academy and industry • Dialogue and exchange of ideas • Identify challenges and solutions Last year: Presentation This year: Participation

  10. Role of Summit • Build initial contacts and momentum for projects valuable to the community • See what other people are up to, spread good ideas and lessons learned • A think-tank for interaction between academics and the industry • Synchronize future plans of committee with goals and desires of the constituency

  11. Future Role of the Committee • We can be • a central clearinghouse for information • a facilitator of ideas, initiatives and projects • A communicator of progress and lessons • As a central organization we can carry more weight than individual people or institutions

  12. What comes next • Pick tasks that fit committee strengths • Things committee can meaningfully deliver (i.e. online databases and communities) • Organize efforts of volunteers to realize committee goals • Find ways to help other efforts, as possible • Publicize them, help recruit resources, etc… (e.g., working with a journal effort)

  13. Q & A About IGDA and/or Committee structure and goals

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