Morality Play: Old Game Gives us a New Way to Teach Ethics | Christopher Robichaud | TEDxWalthamED

My TEDx talk will share the simulation design work that I have been doing at the Harvard Kennedy School, which won me the Innovation in Teaching Award in 2015. Tasked with creating an intense, day-long simulation for policy students that allowed them to exercise leadership skills and practice negotiation strategies while confronting ethical dilemmas, I turned to some of the design elements found in old school tabletop roleplaying games, like Dungeons & Dragons. The result has been a very successful simulati