A viral video featured social science teacher Mr. Mahathey using the game Assassin’s Creed to teach history, specifically the Battle of Thermopylae, by guiding students through the game's depiction of ancient sites.
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Recent research highlights the transformative potential of game-based learning, particularly through immersive VR environments. One study found that competitive elements in environmental VR games affected students differently based on prior knowledge, emphasizing the need for adaptive design.
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Gamified learning became popular during the pandemic for its ease and student engagement, using rewards like points and badges. However, critics argue it emphasizes extrinsic motivation and surface-level learning, leading to fatigue among educators.
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Video games and playful approaches are increasingly being integrated into educational environments, offering unique benefits for student learning. Games foster creativity, goal-setting, communication, and collaboration while reducing the fear of failure.
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Prodigy Learning, in partnership with Minecraft Education, has launched the ‘Cyber in Minecraft’ credential programme, aimed at teaching cybersecurity skills to students. The program, the first release from their collaboration, uses Minecraft to engage students in learning digital citizenship, networking, and security.
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At the Serious Play conference held at U of T Mississauga, over 300 scholars explored the use of games in education. One highlight was “The Cutie,” an augmented reality game developed at Yale School of Medicine to teach ICU visitors how to prevent germ spread.
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At K-State’s College of Education, the Game Lab explores the educational potential of games. Open three days a week, it allows students, faculty, and community members to play games like Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering while researchers investigate how games can enhance learning.
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In graduate education, particularly in secondary education, studying games and play can challenge the prevailing emphasis on standardized learning and assessment. Games encourage active, imaginative, and risk-taking learning, moving students beyond passive approaches.
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Shoelace Learning, founded by Julia Dexter in Halifax, addresses the literacy crisis in education by offering game-based learning solutions.
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Game-based learning (or gamification) has become integral to education, enhancing memory retention and performance. However, its potential in workplace learning and development (L&D) remains largely untapped.
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The article explores how integrating human learning theories with game design can revolutionize workplace training. By combining constructivism, experiential learning, and cognitive theories with engaging game mechanics, organizations can create immersive, effective training programs.
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Ying “Gina” Tang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, focuses on making learning more engaging and effective through game-based environments. Her games, which incorporate AI-driven pedagogical agents, adapt to students' needs, offering personalized guidance and enhancing understanding.
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In India, basic education faces challenges such as enrollment issues, dropouts, and teacher shortages. The pandemic highlighted the limitations of online education, particularly the lack of teacher-student interaction. However, game-based learning, or "Serious Games," which combine education with interactive elements, has shown potential to supplement traditional methods.
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Fridays in my RTI class were dedicated to board games, enhancing students’ numeracy skills through engaging play. Research confirms the benefits of game-based learning, highlighting improved executive functions, reading, and math skills among students who participated.
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I recently engaged with compliance expert Carsten Tams on the Innovation in Compliance podcast to discuss transforming Ethics and Compliance (E&C) training into a memorable experience.
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Motivating students to learn through playing games and solving topics boosts the game-based learning market growth during the forecast period.
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How can we be sure to keep students interested and encouraged to contribute and perform well in assessments? The gamification of education, where you make learning more enjoyable and engaging for students by using game design features, could be the answer.
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Game-based learning is built on the idea of teaching through repetition, failure, and goal achievement which incorporates game features and concepts into the learning activities themselves. Students learning Economics, for example, can compete in a virtual stock-trading competition; difficult science concepts can also be made easier to understand using several games.
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In game-based learning usually the lesson content is adjusted to fit the game, while in gamification game-like aspects are adjusted to fit the lesson content. For most of the games to be played in an online environment, a virtual classroom should be able to provide at least: video-conferencing, interactive online whiteboard.
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Students are able to generate more robust knowledge through games than through traditional rote learning methods, provided that they are given the appropriate support by facilitators when engaging with the game environment.
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