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Educational games research

 I’ve finally got a few minutes to sit down and get this blog up-to-date, particularly adding some of the best blog links that have been building up in my bloglines account for the past six months – so expect a…

ARGOSI resources

We’ve finally completed the web site for the ARGSOI project. This contains the research findings from the project (see the Evaluation Report in deliverables) as well as a page of resources the team has created for anyone wanting to develop…

Net gen skeptics

Big thanks to Daniel Livingstone for highlighting this blog, Net Gen Skeptic, which aims to “provide a balanced exploration of research and commentary on generational differences, particularly the net generation discourse and impacts on learning, teaching and the use of…

Free books on gaming

I’ve just discovered the ECT-Press site, which offers academic, open source versions of the books it publishes. There are already some interesting texts available, with more in the pipeline. Beyond Fun: Serious Games and Media stories in between Well Played…

Two seminars this week

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to have Dr Richard Hall, from de Montfort University, come and present a seminar on autonomy and the read/write web at my work. Richard managed to hit the balance just right, I felt, between…

Questions of identity

There has been a lot of discussion recently about ‘digital identity, what it might mean, how we manage a host of multiple identities (or do we need to bother?) and the implications of having an enduring web presence. I’ve been…