World Bank to Launch a Muilti_Player Educational Game - EVOKE
Monday, 08 February 2010 13:10 | Written by Administrator | 
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The World Bank is launching a massive multi-player on-line educational game called EVOKE see www.urgentevoke.com .
The EVOKE game is a ten-week crash course in changing the world. The goal of the game is to help empower people all over the world, and especially young people in Africa, to come up with creative solutions to our most urgent social problems.
The game starts March 3, 2010 -- See game trailer at: http://vimeo.com/9094186
The "text book" for this course is an online graphic novel. Set in the year 2020, the graphic novel follows the efforts of a mysterious network of Africa's best problem solvers. Each week, as players unravel the mystery of the Evoke network, they will form their own innovation networks: brainstorming creative solutions to real-world development challenges, learning more about what it takes to be a successful social innovator, and finding ways to make a difference in the world.
The game originated as a response to African universities desire to find innovative ways to connect students with local development issues, we hope that we get a good number of African students and young entrepreneurs and innovators engaged in the game.
The EVOKE game is a ten-week crash course in changing the world. The goal of the game is to help empower people all over the world, and especially young people in Africa, to come up with creative solutions to our most urgent social problems.
The game starts March 3, 2010 -- See game trailer at: http://vimeo.com/9094186
The "text book" for this course is an online graphic novel. Set in the year 2020, the graphic novel follows the efforts of a mysterious network of Africa's best problem solvers. Each week, as players unravel the mystery of the Evoke network, they will form their own innovation networks: brainstorming creative solutions to real-world development challenges, learning more about what it takes to be a successful social innovator, and finding ways to make a difference in the world.
The game originated as a response to African universities desire to find innovative ways to connect students with local development issues, we hope that we get a good number of African students and young entrepreneurs and innovators engaged in the game.