Resources: Games and Gaming in Education
A few detailed Google searches later and I find this little page:
Selected URLs and other resources for Game-Based Education, e-Learning and Training
Not all the links to the ‘online articles’ further down the page are working but some further searching will find them easily enough. I’ve selected a few I liked for you below (as well as updating my Links/Resources page).
- Marc Prensky: Types of Learning
- Angela McFarlane: Report on the educational use of games
- The relevance of video games and gaming consoles to the Higher and Further Education learning experience
- The Educational Potential of Electronic Games: From Games–To–Teach to Games–To–Learn
Question: Has anyone developed some form ‘game’ that is being used in education? Can you let us see it by replying below?
I’m looking for examples of anything which is effectively ‘not’ text-based but ‘is’ used in education (preferably higher education). I’ve been in contact with Caspian Learning who are expecting to release an educational licence for their ‘Thinking Worlds’ software vey soon; thus enabling non-technical users (non-developers) to generate almost-AI interactive games.
Watch this space …
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Hey David, check out Derek Robertsons work in the consularium in Scotland and also Scotlands SQA are introducing games based learning into curriculum assessment in the autumn. Less well known but just as effective is the work being done by Northumberland LA – Stephen Robson – using the wii, DS and tools like Dax Studio, Bryce and even Studio Max with secondary school kids.
Thinking Worlds is playing a part in these. There are some movie tutorials here http://www.thinkingworlds.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=89
Link to the SQA work – http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/35182.html
Thanks for this Chris.
I’m slowly working my way through the proceedings from the ‘Game Based Learning 2009′ – http://www.gamebasedlearning2009.com/proceedings – and Derek Robinson was very very good.
I am enjoying the Thinking Worlds demo I’ve downloaded, but have some questions I’ll drop you a mail about tomorrow.
I have had very good success using Classroom & web-based Games from LearningWare, Inc. (http://www.learningWare.com). They are very easy to customize to any content & media, and are extremely effective in engaging & motivating my audiences!
You may wanna take a look at http://www.globalconflicts.eu this has been used extensively in most of Western Europe.
Here is a look at students playing the game viva pinata 100 student collaborated for this day, http://education-realitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/07/seeing-is-believing.html Thanks for promoting games in learning.