[game_edu] Ad Hoc Committee

[Mike Reddy]

Subscribers will know that while not exactly supporting Skillset - "Any system is better than none, but only just!" - because of its Industry as Publisher, University as Developer connotations (a theme I hope to develop at Games:EDU Manchester in April), Skillset accreditation is, potentially, important for course viability. However: "Standards are important and the more we have the better!"

I am also a bit sick of the wholly unfounded image of lecturers as moustache twiddling villains, laughing at the duped games students, as they wheel cash-filled barrows to the bank. Personally, at Newport we emphasise specialisation and group-based collaborations between artists and programmers; something that rarely gets listed as required/desirable components of courses. And we accept that not all the students will be cut from the traditionally recruitable cloth, and counsel them accordingly, rather than applying a strong "are they likely to be employable, or damage our triple AAA status?" approach to recruitment.

So, I think it really helpful that the IGDA also look at what should be taught and more importantly how. Therefore, I believe that an educational representation is vital and would like to volunteer.

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Dr. Mike Reddy, Future Technology, Games Development and A.I., Department of Computing, Newport Business School, University of Wales, Newport, Allt-yr-yn Campus, PO Box 180 Newport South Wales NP20 5XR
Tel: +44 (0) 1633 432452 Fax: +44 (0)1633 432307 Mob: +44 (0)7971 170 199 Email: mike.reddy @ newport.ac.uk (remove spaces)
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