Classroom Game Design: Paul Andersen (2012 TED) Paul Andersen has been teaching science in Montana for the last eighteen years. He explains how he is using elements of game design to improve learning in his AP Biology classroom. Paul’s science videos have been viewed millions of times by students around the world. He was the…
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Game-Based Learning in Higher Education (video)
Game-Based Learning in Higher Education (2012) On March 9, 2012 the USC Center for Excellence in Teaching in conjunction with the Center for Scholarly Technology presented a faculty forum on Game-based Learning in Higher-Education. An exceptional presentation was given by Provost Professor and world-renowned game scholar Henry Jenkins, Director of the Institute for Multimedia Literacy,…
Games Based Learning: James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games (video)
James Paul Gee on Learning with Video Games (2012 Edutopia) The gaming expert shares insights into why video games are such effective learning tools.
Game Based Learning: Ali Carr-Chellman-Gaming to re-engage boys in learning (video)
Ali Carr-Chellman: Gaming to re-engage boys in learning (2011 TED) Ali Carr-Chellman spells out three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as…
Conspiracy Code – American History Game Based Learning (video)
Conspiracy Code – American History Trailer (FLVHS 2011) Created by veteran videogame designers in full partnership with educational theorists and instructors, Conspiracy Codeā¢ games present a gaming experience that teach as they engage. In this, the first game in the series, students will learn a full course of American History as they control two young…
Game Based Learning: Rick Van Eck – The Gaming of Educational Transformation (video)
Rick Van Eck – The Gaming of Educational Transformation (2011 TED) A world-class researcher, speaker, teacher and author focused on the creation and use of video games in education, Dr. Richard Van Eck is the Associate Professor and Graduate Director of the Instructional Design and Technology Program at the University of North Dakota. He has…