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Within this category, the Activities/Tasks code represents the largest
segment of the data. Students enjoyed the discussions and preferred the team
assignments to more traditional instructional methods. As one student expressed
it, "I do like [group projects] better than just having assigned readings out of a
textbook." Another commented that the "class was really talkative and everybody
had their own ideals and kind of fueled the fire for discussion." Related to that is
a comment made by Kevin coded as Teamwork/Communication, "I like classes
where you have discussions and kind of learn people's opinions. Learning
through that... learning through other people, your peers."
The Course Structure/Flow code captures reactions such as Kevin's
observation, "I think, it was more structured in the very beginning." For Nick, the
course needed a bit more structure: "there were times when the sort of free form
flow of the class sometimes didn't seem as organized or pointed or driven."
Course Sequence differs from Course Structure in that this code specifically
captures students' reactions to the course content introduced in the first few
weeks of the semester followed by the development of the game later on. As
Nick observed, "the ARG itself didn't come 'til the end. It almost kind of feels like
an afterthought." Michael, a student in the Interactive Simulation and Game
Technology (ISGT) program, asserted that "game development should always
start with as much time as possible cause you'll work through a concept for
months. It's hard to get people to agree on one thing in just a couple months and
then get a final product done just from that."89
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