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Adopting 'Minecraft: Education Edition' for game-based learning in Pinagbuhatan High School

How can we be sure to keep students interested and encouraged to contribute and perform well in assessments? The gamification of education, where you make learning more enjoyable and engaging for students by using game design features, could be the answer.

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Game-based learning Vs Textbook learning: Which is better?

Game-based learning is built on the idea of teaching through repetition, failure, and goal achievement which incorporates game features and concepts into the learning activities themselves. Students learning Economics, for example, can compete in a virtual stock-trading competition; difficult science concepts can also be made easier to understand using several games.

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Game-based learning activities in a virtual classroom

In game-based learning usually the lesson content is adjusted to fit the game, while in gamification game-like aspects are adjusted to fit the lesson content. For most of the games to be played in an online environment, a virtual classroom should be able to provide at least: video-conferencing, interactive online whiteboard.

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Is Pokémon Snap really inspiring the next generation of photographers?

A year ago, Nintendo released a remastered version of one its most loved Nintendo 64 games, Pokémon Snap. We've been raving about this game on DCW since it was first released, and the growing popularity of photography-based video games doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon.

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Breaking the monotony: Teachers warm up to game-based learning approaches

"As teachers, we understand how much children enjoy playing games. To investigate this further, I intend to see if we can play games while learning to speak or write English. I was astounded to see how much fun youngsters had learning phonics, nouns, adjectives and other topics with the use of board games," said Daljeet Arora who teaches English in classes 1 and 2.

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4 Experience Economy Strategies You Should Consider Leveraging In Your Corporate Learning

The Experience Of Corporate Education In the learning and development space, experts have long recognized that active learning experiences are better tools than passive learning. David Kolb's publications on his experiential learning theory in the 1980s were already making a case for concrete experiences and active experimentation being better learning tools than lectures and slide shows in which the learner takes no effectual role.

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Teaching Middle Eastern History Through Games

Isn't Middle Eastern history too serious for games? The word itself carries associations like "The Great Game," a euphemism for the British and Russian confrontation in Central Asia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Even today, military conflicts are sometimes likened to chess, and succession struggles in states like Saudi Arabia are called a "Game of thrones." Comparing wars to a recreational activity or children's play easily hides more than it illuminates.

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'Engaging Children Through Game-based Learning Can Improve Manual Dexterity, Reduce Fear'

There are many ways to leverage game-based learning to decrease the academic pressure on children and ensure that they learn with an understanding. The use of gaming with educational goals to support children's learning and growth is known as game-based learning. Game-based Learning or GBL is an ancient approach to help children learn and improve their knowledge in different areas of life.

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Game-based learning brings play into the high school classroom

"In a recent study, Johnson worked with students in her English Methods class to design, build and test an analog board game called Race to the White House. The teacher reported that her students needed more practice making claims based on evidence and anticipating counterarguments. The project offered the preservice teachers an invaluable opportunity to engage with high school students on an authentic learning project.

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Four Reasons Why Game-Based Learning Will Change Corporate Training For The Better

Game-based learning bridges that gap by giving participants the opportunity to apply their learning in real-time. So in search of a powerful learning tool that meets today's demands of growth, I have discovered Game-Based Learning and here's why I believe GBL will change corporate learning for years to come.

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Game-based Learning: How it Works

Whether you're interested in studying game-based learning as a teacher or a game developer, your first step should be understanding why and how games empower learning. The Arguments for Game-based Learning Engagement At the top of most teachers' lists for why game-based learning works is probably going to be the most obvious answer: they can be engaging.

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