playful thoughts on games and learning
Mark Wagner has recently posted six articles to his blog on MMORPGs in education, based on the feedback from an expert panel as part of his doctoral work. These articles look at the areas of: motivation and engagement, context-embedded learning,…
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I found this useful page of links to game creation resources. I’ve not really had time to look at any of these tools in detail but thought I would post the link before I forget it.
At first glance this ‘rapid interactivity builder‘ is a neat tool. It enables the creation of interactive rich media elements for online learning. It’s very easy to use, looks pretty, there’s a large selection of templates and examples that can…
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I’ve recently discovered three interesting blogs that, while not all being directly associated with game-based learning, are definitely worthy of a mention from the technology-enhanced learning perspective. My colleague, Jonathan Savage, writes about teaching, learning and research in the arts,…
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Even if this game was rubbish, the title alone makes it worth a mention. I’m stuck already.
I’m back in York for another two-day project meeting (different project this time). Yesterday we had to sit through a presentation from each project at the meeting. All 28 of them. Fair enough, each had only 5 minutes and one…
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