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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Magdalena Steinrück\nhosted by Nick Barton\nAbstract:
  The public understanding of evolutionary biology is often shrouded in mis
 conceptions. One way to help learners form more accurate concepts of evolu
 tion is by using educational games. These often involve simple population 
 simulations for a player to interact with\, either digitally or with mater
 ials such as beans or pawns. During the pandemic\, public understanding ha
 s suffered from similar misconceptions around the exponential spread of vi
 ruses and ways to control it. Together with scientists around IST Austria 
 and the MPI for Evolutionary Biology\, we have created a board game called
  Virusalert in Stayhompton. It is targeted at children 12 years up and the
 ir schools.Looking back at 1.5 years of working with Virusalert\, I will t
 alk about practical and conceptual challenges around developing educationa
 l games and give ideas on how they can be overcome\, in order to create so
 mething that really works for learners and teachers. I will also share a f
 ew anecdotes on some surprising turns which the dissemination of the game 
 took.
LOCATION:I22 Lakeside View (I22.O1.006)\, ISTA
ORGANIZER:abonvent@ist.ac.at
SUMMARY:Magdalena Steinrück: Virusalert in Stayhompton – developing an ed
 ucational board game against misconceptions about viral spread and its con
 trol
URL:https://talks-calendar.ista.ac.at/events/3566
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