“The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom” became the fastest-selling Nintendo game in history, not only because of the various “Zelda creator” communities brought about by Zonav Technology The content has also become a new engineering course at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the United States.
This fall, Ryan D. Sochol, associate professor at the University of Maryland, offers a course“The Legend of Zelda: The Link to Mechanical Design”(The Legend of Zelda: A Link to Machine Design), emphasizing that this course embodies a new movement in higher education that integrates immersive media (video games) into educational learning methods.
“As I played Kingdom Tears, I couldn’t believe how much I relied on my engineering training,” Associate Professor Sochol said. “The more I experienced the game’s CAD assembly interface, numerous mechanical components, and complex physics, the more I The more I feel that this game can bring a unique way to help students learn machine design skills.”
Interestingly, in this year’s course sharing, Professor Sochol asked the students to use Zonawu technology to build transforming robots that can run on land and swim in water, and compete with each other to see which group of robots is the fastest.
Professor Sochol emphasized that the goal is to help students improve their proficiency in machine design and engineering, but it will not make students stronger or more powerful in playing “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom”.
“If you want to completely break the game, the robots built in these courses are not practical,” Professor Sochol said. “But it allows us to ideally use a more engaging, challenging, exciting and interesting way to teach engineering.”
It is worth mentioning that this is not Professor Ryan D. Sochol’s involvement in video games in the field of engineering. In 2021, he also worked with BAM laboratory(Bioinspired Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory), using 3D printers to create soft material manipulatorsPlay “Mario Bros.” on Famicom。
In fact, with the advancement of game technology development, the possibility of integrating video games into the field of technological learning for education and entertainment will only increase. Professor Sochol’s Sarda course is said to have aroused strong interest among students at the University of Maryland after its launch. Interested, they plan to offer Zona House engineering courses every semester.
