ISAGA (International Simulation and Gaming Association) invites NASAGA members to help with a new initiative to start Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of people interested in specific aspects of gaming and …
When I began working in games research about a decade ago, games for learning was still the catch-all term to describe any intersection of the two ideas. Over the last …
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 …
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 …
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 (), …
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 …
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 …
As a board member of NASAGA, I have long had an interest in game-based learning. I’m also a career educator, so I actually use games as learning tools in my …
Locally Played Amid the chaos that was April of 2020 the MIT Press released Locally Played, which will no doubt be seen as a significant contribution to the literature of …
It’s January 7 when I am writing this, about 3 PM Eastern. 24 hours ago the US Capitol building was stormed by rioters. I am sitting down to write a …
