Modders are people who go into video games and do their own fiddling, with the characters, textures etc. Like Machinima, where people create their own comic or movies that have in-game graphics, the learning the happens here is remarkable. First teachers can mod games to match learning outcomes, then students too can mod games and make predictions of what’s going to happen in new scenarios. Both of these get at narrative structures and the ability for a learner to manipulate and participate in complex narratives.
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