Gamification is more than just adding a game to your general routine of teaching a class, it brings material alive and positively engages students.
By connecting international politics to the ‘real’ world, simulations combined with traditional lectures and readings make a course more interactive and involving.
Simulations offer a glimpse into the complex world of decision-making within organisations that cannot be gained so easily from traditional teaching methods.
As with other media, games are open to multiple interpretations and can be politically significant in different ways depending on which interpretations they can sustain.
Through taking part in the devised Crisis Simulations, the POL 210 students have emerged with a settlement as planned and hopefully a greater appreciation for the complexities of international politics.
This week marks the beginning of a three-class-long Crisis Simulation. Through these simulations, students can learn about the complexity of international security and the difficulty of managing crises.
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