A free #eLearning simulation for exploring the impacts of #LandUse in the contiguous U.S. #Planning #Ecology #ClimateChange. Development Lead: @AndrewRuis
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#iPlan is a free educational game that lets you explore the effects of #LandUse on social, economic, & #environmental issues anywhere in the contiguous US.
iPlan was developed by researchers & educators @EpistemicUW @NelsonInstitute @UWMadison @MassAudubon with support from @NSF
This is a great opportunity to learn more about #iPlan! But you can also use it on your smartphone, tablet, or laptop from the comfort of anywhere with Internet access 😀
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Join us Sept. 19-22 at the 9th Annual #EDGamesExpo for a public showcase of game-changing #EdTech innovations!
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Learn more about the Expo & register to attend in-person & livestreamed events: blog.ed.gov/2023/08/announci… @IESResearch
ALT Two young students attending the ED Games Expo. The students are sitting huddled together over a laptop; one student is holding a pair of orange 3-D glasses.
Check out #iPlan at the ED Games Expo! We'll be right next to @PurpleStateSim in the afternoon and evening sessions. Come say hi and make a land-use simulation!
#EdTech #STEM #civics #planning
Only one month until the ED Games Expo – September 20 & 21 in Washington, DC!
Register today to:
🕹️ Try out new educational technologies (EdTech)
🧑💻 Hear from EdTech designers & developers
🗣️ Experience engaging performances & presentations
ies.ed.gov/sbir/EdGamesExpo.…
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Thank you @RIEEAConnects and RI educators for a great meeting about localization and place-based learning! Looking forward to seeing what you do with #iPlan!
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The call for proposals for the 5th International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography is out! Check out @QE_soc and our website for more information➡️ icqe23.org/
Let's spread the word!
If you want to learn more about #iPlan, check out this short paper, "Localizing Socio-Environmental Problem Solving," from #CSCL2022: i-plan.us/images/pdf/Localiz…
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Local land-use and development regulations may hold the key to climate change mitigation. This issue of Zoning Practice surveys a wide range of local regulatory strategies that can reduce GHG emissions or promote increased carbon sequestration. planning.org/blog/9246185/de…
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New paper! You've heard that buyout programs are expensive/complicated, but how bad is it? Turns out the time and $ to administer a buyout adds ~$20k per house for local/state govs. Major barrier for local govs and bad for residents in limbo. Full paper: go.unc.edu/Mf3a2
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Check out @iplan_sim from @UWMadison scholar/developer @AndrewRuis, one of the great featured #games at @Frontiers_2022! iPlan encourages learners to explore impacts of land-use decisions via real world geospatial data & ecological/economic models! 🌎🏙️
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If you're teaching about #climate & #ClimateAction, @iplan_sim is the instructional tool for you! Excited to welcome @AndrewRuis to @UConn @Frontiers_2022 to share what he & his team have discovered about #highered #gamedevelopment & #edtech. 😁
#teaching #learning #indiegame
Check out @iplan_sim from @UWMadison scholar/developer @AndrewRuis, one of the great featured #games at @Frontiers_2022! iPlan encourages learners to explore impacts of land-use decisions via real world geospatial data & ecological/economic models! 🌎🏙️
frontiers.education.uconn.ed…
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My students played @AquaMarooned at various centers in Philadelphia @DelRivWatershed & @iplan_sim across locations in continental US. They conversed with @AdrianneMackey @SwimPony @alevenstone in class @PennGSE about what goes into designing a location-based game/sim for learning
iPlan design team members @AndrewRuis and @DWShaffer from @EpistemicUW @WCER_UW discussed game design and #GBL on the @LMeillerShow @WPR! Hear more about how iPlan was conceived and developed and goals for future work.
wpr.org/shows/solving-real-w…
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Had a great time discussing @iplan_sim with @DWShaffer on the @LMeillerShow @WPR today, highlighting work by @EpistemicUW @WCER_UW, SAGE @NelsonInstitute, and @MassAudubon to make learning about land-use #planning and management more accessible! wpr.org/shows/solving-real-w…
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Faculty from 30 countries are using the International Planning Case Studies library. If you haven't requested access already, here is the sign-up. The cases are extremely free and include suggested readings, slide decks, and teaching strategies: planningcasestudies.org/case…
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“Ten Facts about Land Systems for Sustainability” is a call to action for policymakers seeking sustainable and equitable solutions to urgent global challenges. 50 co-authors from 20 countries. 10facts.glp.earth/ #10Facts #LandUse @PNASNews
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Look who made the papers!
Fantastic work by @EpistemicUW, @MassAudubon and @NelsonInstitute, led by @AndrewRuis
The simulation is free to use online, so check it out!
“Simulations like iPlan make it possible for kids to explore & solve real-world problems, both in & out of school.”
@WCER_UW researchers co-created a new game where players simulate land-use scenarios and see the effects on their community.
Learn more ➡️ go.wisc.edu/e37w39
ALT Screenshot of the iPlan game, featuring an illustration of a landscape with a city and mountains on the horizon and green fields and farmland with trees and wind turbines in the foregrounds. Above the landscape are colorful buttons reading "New Map, My Maps, Tutorial, Sign Out."
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New online game iPlan from @EpistemicUW makes #STEM learning fun using immersive simulation where players reimagine #landuse anywhere in U.S., showing impact of #zoning changes on jobs, housing, climate, more! tinyurl.com/yrkudbpa @STEMEdCoalition @STEMeducation @STEMsolutions
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WCER's @EpistemicUW partnered with ecology + data-mapping experts @UWMadison's @NelsonInstitute + @MassAudubon to create iPlan, a free online game w/its own Twitter account @iplan_sim for exploring impacts of #LandUse change anywhere in contiguous U.S. go.wisc.edu/qfq070
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Want the iPlan #originstory? Check out this engaging explanatory thread from @AndrewRuis for how it all began, how design/build for free online learning game (@iplan_sim) came together w/hard work, @NSF funding and lots of on/off campus partners. Thread: go.wisc.edu/27ro0z
