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ThaiSim: The Thai Simulation and Gaming Association

สมาคมสถานการณ์จำลองและเกมแห่งประเทศไทย

ThaiSim is a professional association for
students, teachers, trainers, researchers, practitioners and other professionals.

Its aim is to enable and promote the sharing of expertise in the field of
simulation, gaming, role-play, serious games and experiential methods
for teaching, learning, development and assessment.

Members

ThaiSim members are practitioners, researchers and theorists, and are interested in improving their skills and knowledge so as to make learning more effective.  ThaiSim members explore and develop experiential learning ideas and practice in order to improve education and society.

Objectives

The principal objective of the association is ‘to promote the effective and responsible use of simulation, games and experiential learning activities, particularly in education, training, research, assessment and development’.

ThaiSim seeks to answer questions such as:

Activities

ThaiSim was established by both Thais and foreigners, in August 2008.

Learning and development

Education, learning, development, sustainability, sufficiency, balance, responsibility, respect and moderation, peace, humanitarian values, and Buddhist values are at the heart of ThaiSim.

For more ideas, see our quotes page.

For more on ThaiSim, please see these pages
• Conferences • Proceedings • Journal SG4ED • Members • Resources •

Relevant terms

Simulation/gaming is to be taken in its broadest meaning, to encompass such areas as simulation, computerized simulation, internet simulation, gaming, simulation/gaming, serious games, educational games, training games, e-games, internet games, video games, policy exercises, planning exercises, debriefing, analytic discussion, post-experience analysis, modeling, virtual reality, game theory, role-play, role-playing, play, active learning, experiential learning, learning from experience, toys, augmented reality, playthings, structured exercises, education games, alternative purpose games, edutainment, digital game-based learning, immersive learning, brain games, social impact games, games for change, games for good, synthetic learning environments, synthetic task environments.

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Fields include: sociology, political science, economics, education, cognition, psychology, social-psychology, social psychology, management, business, marketing, government, entrepreneurship, environmental issues, health, medicine, nursing, research methodology, communication, environment, policy, planning, energy, utilities, natural resources, educational, technology, computing, geography, climate change, multi-culturalism, multi-cultural, intercultural, culture, organization studies, negotiation, mediation, history, peace studies, business, statistics, decision making, conflict management, cognition, communication, political science, language learning, media, video games, learning theory, international studies, agriculture, educational technology, information technology.

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