Researchers Suggest Swapping Textbooks for Games
Researchers Suggest Swapping Textbooks for Games
Researchers Suggest Swapping Textbooks for Games
February 26, 2024
Summary
A team of researchers have proposed swapping textbooks for "Serious games," especially for the teaching of modern problems and specialist knowledge.
The team has developed a "Serious Games Cookbook" to provide a guideline and support those new to the idea.
It's no secret that everyone learns in different ways, but a team of researchers from the University of Warwick are proposing a non-traditional route: swapping textbooks for games.
Known as "Serious games," these games are designed for more than just entertainment.
The academics have put together a "Serious Games Cookbook," which aims to support beginners in using and designing serious games by presenting a resource full of detailed guidance.
The cookbook will support beginners who are new to the idea of serious games, especially those with specialist knowledge, who want to explore how to apply that knowledge within games.
"The cookbook offers a practical guide to help beginners designing serious games, as an emerging and promising tool for learning, engagement, and research, especially in the context of sustainable development and climate change-though we hope it will also be applied more broadly too. We hope to inspire and empower the cookbook's readers to meaningfully engage with serious games," said Feng Mao, associate professor of global sustainable development at the University of Warwick.
Reference
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