A New Appreciation for Second Life
During the past week, I attended E-volution 2011, an education and technology conference held at the University of Wyoming. At this conference, I could see how skilled instructors were using… Read more »
Category: Instruction & Learning Design
Book Review: The Multiplayer Classroom
Recently, I finished reading The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game* by Lee Sheldon. In this book, Sheldon shares his experiences of gamifying his classroom. Having been a game… Read more »
Why Do Many Kids Like Games More Than School?
Our 3D GameLab workshop asked us to consider why many kids prefer games to school. I think schools from K-12 through college could easily adopt game mechanisms to support learning… Read more »
Are Games Better Than Life?
Our 3D GameLab workshop quest asked us to watch David Perry’s TED talk about the future of video games. Afterward, we shared our impressions and considered how his ideas might… Read more »
Improve Learning – Tweak the Reward System
The quest was to watch a TED talk given by Tom Chatfield and offer some initial impressions of this talk and how it might affect my approach to designing games… Read more »