It's a common phrase to say "learn by playing." Different communication theories confirm this. Games make us produce dopamine, a brain chemical that increases learning and stimulates our state of attention. Here are the five most critical components of outstanding Learning Games:
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More and more classes seem to be rising from the crypts of academic departments, across America and beyond, to infect the unsuspecting student body with an interest in all things zombie-related.
Many teachers consider video games the antithesis of education. Boys especially are drawn in at the exclusion of all other interests (girls tend to be obsessed with social networking). But games can teach us a lot about learning.
Guest post from a terrific game based learning company, MIndblown Labs. Mindblown Labs (MBL) is an educational gaming start-up that creates mobile social games to empower teens and young adults with critical 21st century skills.
Are you looking for an innovative way to encourage creative thinking, innovative ideas, and gamification in the classroom? Well then there's a kid-friendly and parent-approved site called DIY.org that you should know about.
Social learning is a subset of augmented reality - technology intersecting with traditional learning management to help users gather, interact, and learn.
Following on from a recent post The Pedagogies in Game Based Learning, this article will look at how Gagné’s Nine Events of Instruction can be applied to game based learning.
From the workshop this time where I have been fiddling of late with the new llTeleportAgent function. I had seen examples of its use in sim navigation HUDs and decided to play with the function a l...
The premiere of Season 3! Episode 3.01 is all about gaming in education. Call it "gamification" or "serious fun" or whatever else you like, we just know it's...
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