Exploring the importance of lifelong play
Exploring the importance of lifelong play
I was fortunate to be asked to talk at the Open University’s Computers and Learning Research Group conference yesterday. The afternoon was dedicated to the topic of game-based learning and this game me the opportunity to watch some very interesting…
It’s quite a busy week this week so I haven’t had time to explore any of the following links in detail, but thought I would get them down in one place before they disappear into the ether (i.e. the section…
New research has just been published (full paper in pdf) showing the results of an experiment carried out by the BBC to investigate whether ‘brain-training’ games make any difference to overall brain power. The results of this study (n=11,430) seem…
I was sorry to have missed being able to attend GamesBasedLearning 2010 in London last week, but found I was able to follow it surprisingly well via twitter. Alex Moseley has a good write-up of the event. Paul Hollins presented…
I don’t really need another thing to fill up time in my life, but somehow my DSi turned up at Christmas and slotted right in. My only real complaint with it is that I can’t seem to get hold of…
Interesting site here from Randolph Carter. His project, in his own words, involves “… going about the internet, darkening people’s doors, and inviting them to participate in an email interview with me. I’m then posting the results here for all…