games based learning — News in Games-Based Learning

The Fine Line in Game Based Learning Games can be powerful learning experiences, as long as adaptive learning doesn't put an algorithm, rather than the student, in the driver's seat.

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The games parents are using to teach their children about money, saving and taxes

Playing the game got me thinking about the use of games in financial education, and as it turns out there is a lot to be said for the idea.

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Game-based Learning: Improving Skills Training

Game-based learning also helps to strengthen the overall training experience by improving the understanding of the subject matter.

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The Minecraft Centered Teaching Approach

The ludic framework works through rhetorics of play as a frame of reference; rhetorics of possibility and invention as a means of production; the acceptance of transformative failure; and engages with digital communities to further knowledge through social affinity while being grounded in constructionist learning theories.

games-based learning, MinecraftDave EngJune 5, 2020minecraft, games based learning, chris stuartComment

Online Learning Minute: Game Based Learning

The math-based computer games of our youth are just one example of game-based learning, or a course built inside of a game. Gamification uses gaming principles like rewards, badges or peer competition as elements to an online course.

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“But some people don’t like games”

The human motivational triggers that games and gamifications tap into are deeper than games, and predate them.

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Episode 25: Teaching and Learning with Games and Simulations with Dr. Dave Eng

Dr. Dave Eng is our guest for episode 25 of the Lecture Breakers podcast. Dave is here to talk about games! Since many of you have expressed an interest in learning more about how to teach using games in your courses, I've been inviting different guests to the show to share their stories and advice about teaching with games.

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I turned my Torres Strait Islander culture into a video game

Virtual reality is a relatively new and emerging technology but it has evolved rapidly within the past few years.

games-based learningDave EngMarch 10, 2020games based learning, indigenousComment

Bringing games into the classroom: how gamification and learning go hand-in-hand

Leila, a native of the planet Io, has come to Earth for help. By traveling to exotic realms through the magic of fiction and completing quests, a group of travelers can explore the galaxy and help explain to Leila what it means to be human.

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Smithsonian Science Education Center Releases “Tami’s Tower: Let’s Think About Engineering”

The Smithsonian Science Education Center has announced the release of Tami's Tower: Let's Think About Engineering, an educational engineering design game that will help teach students how to design a solution to a problem using basic engineering design principles.

games-based learningDave EngFebruary 20, 2020smithsonian, museum, games based learningComment