Title

Online Gaming For Sustainable Common Pool Resource Management And Tragedy Of The Commons Prevention

Keywords

Common pool resources; Conflict resolution; Education; Gaming; Institutions; Management

Abstract

Tragedy of the commons is a well-known concept concerning the use, or rather abuse, of common pool resources. Educating those involved by teaching the long-term consequences of overuse and the benefits of sustainability is important to preserving natural resources. To study the effects that different institutions and characteristics had on participants, a web-based water sharing game called Irrigania was used as a tool to analyze different scenarios and facilitate better understanding of the externalities associated with governance and management of common pool resources in a class of graduate civil and environmental engineering students at the University of Central Florida. Game-based learning has been found to increase soft skills, such as critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and teamwork through multiple orientations of learning theory. Preliminary use of Irrigania has identified communication, cooperation, information disclosure and social learning as factors promoting a shift towards sustainable resource use. © 2013 IEEE.

Publication Date

12-1-2013

Publication Title

Proceedings - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2013

Number of Pages

1765-1770

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/SMC.2013.304

Socpus ID

84893582271 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84893582271

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