Constraints and autonomy for creativity in extracurricular gamejams and curricular assessment

The engagement observed by the players of the games that they play is a desirable quality that has not gone unnoticed in the field of education, leading to concepts such as gamification of education, game-based learning and serious games for training. Game designer Sid Meier is often cited as defining games as being ‘a series of interesting decisions’. The concept of choice implies an autonomous selection from a constrained set of options. This article reflects on the impact of autonomy and constraints, and extrinsic and intrinsic motivators on students’ software development work during both curricular and extracurricular activities. Finally, a model for the design of games for game-based learning is proposed in terms of autonomy and constraints with respect to learning outcomes

Documenting Ecospirituality and the Practice of Pilgrimage

Welcome to the University Libraries first blog post in our Year of Mercy series

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https://www.billgosling.com/blog/5-things-geese-can-teach-you-about-teamwork This devotional is inspiration for the name of the drawing and the picture itself

Food Fact or Fad?

Many South Dakota people· have been asking for scientific facts concerning false or misleading claims being circulated about food and nutrition. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide facts to help combat some of the misinformation. This information summarizes statements of leading nutrition and health authorities, and watchmen of the public health. None of the info~ati.on is the findings of any research done by the author, nor does it contain any personal opinion nor conclusion. The South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics expresses its thanks to the following for cooperation in reviewing the manuscript: Division of Home Economics and Department of Foods and Nutrition, South Dakota State College; Departments of Home Economics, University of South Dakota and Mount Marty College; South Dakota State Department of Public Health

Community Feeding

Many of you homemakers are often asked to help plan and carry out a meal for a large gathering such as junior-senior or father-son banquets, lodge luncheons, farm organization or civic group luncheons, P. T. A. meetings, church picnics, and county-wide events such as crop shows . and achievment days. Some extension club women in South Dakota are school lunch cooks and have received special training in large quantity food preparation and service. Others of you may become volunteers in disaster feeding at some time. The tips in this booklet for planning, preparing, and serving have been gathered from authorities in largequantity food service. Many suggestions are based on engineering and efficiency studies conducted by restaurants and institutions. A study of these suggestions will make your job easier

Food Measurements and Equivalents

This publication provides substitution measurements for common food products including dry and liquid ingredients, flour products and cereals, sweets, dairy products, fats, eggs, sauces, nuts, and candy-making

Keen Teens Choose Good Food

Scientists all over the country have been studying your nutritional status and eating habits. In their studies, teen-agers have consistently been found to be the poorest-fed members of the family. And in all studies, girls\u27 eating habits are shown to be worse than boys\u27

Apparition or Icon? Integrating Critical Visual Literacy into Primary Source Instruction

How can art librarians and visual resource professionals embolden undergraduates to find, use, and think critically about images? This poster outlines how visual literacy instruction was integrated into an undergraduate course on archival and primary source research at the University of Dayton. It covers partnerships with instruction librarians and archivists, course structure, hands-on activities utilizing archival images, and assessment. The poster addresses how students were engaged both with visual literacy standards and in thinking critically about how they interact with images. The audience will be encouraged to discuss and reflect on critical visual literacy and feminist pedagogies, instructional partnerships, and practical, high-impact strategies for teaching visual literacy concepts using archives and special collections

The Medieval Best-seller: Part III

As the best-selling book of the Middle Ages, Books of Hours were owned and read by many medieval Europeans. But who were these 14th- and 15th-century readers? What did it really take to own and use one of these exclusive editions? Keep reading to find out about books and readers in a time very few could afford to own a book and even fewer, perhaps, could read it. Third blog in a series of three about Books of Hours