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19 – What Can We Learn From Computer Games?
As a natural follow-up to yesterday’s slide deck, we have Mary and Douglas Kiang‘s presentation on digital games for the body, mind and soul today. Their talk outlines 21st Century skills expected from this generation, such as creativity, innovation, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration. If that does not sound like the core activities you do in [...]
18 – Why Video Games Are Good For You
It is crystal ball time again. This time we are talking about the future of education. The claim: Game designers = Teachers. The presenter: Tim Hart. An instructional or learning technologist at the University of Maine in the USA. His presentation (with the title probably somewhat inspired by Steven Johnson’s book “Everything Good is Bad [...]
A game development Master’s thesis: Facilitating the Education of Game Development
I recently finished writing my Master’s thesis (German Diplomarbeit) on “Facilitating the Education of Game Development”. It has taken me half a year to gather information from game industry sources (such as Bob Bates, Bruce Shelley, Jochen Hamma, or David A. Smith), academic papers and game development books to come up with a small guide [...]
