Game Learning: Authentic Experience
A major part of experiential learning is providing the learner with authentic experience. We can use games and game learning to simulate authentic experiences to a degree that normal instruction …
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Narrative Learning with Games
What’s in a story? Essentially everyone old enough to process language knows the basics of story and storytelling. We know that stories usually have characters, a setting, a plot, a …
Games for Experiential Learning: A Primer for Researchers and Educators
One of the most powerful affordances that researchers and educators find in games is their ability to act as experiential learning tools. Scholars Dieleman and Husingh (2004), Kurt Squire (), …
Game-based Learning: How it works
Whether you’re interested in studying game-based learning as a teacher or a game developer, your first step should be understanding why and how games empower learning. Why? Well, at the …
NASAGA’s Games for Learning Blog Series & Wiki
As part of our mission to make research into serious games and games for learning, NASAGA is kicking off 2021 with a bold new project. We are building a games …