North American Simulation and Gaming Association

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Video: Games and Education Scholar James Paul Gee on Video Games, Learning, and Literacy

Dr. James Paul Gee is one of the strongest proponents of electronic games as pedagogical tools and the need for change from the traditional…

Started by Dave Endresak

0 Apr 19

Meaningful Gamification #NASAGAchat

If you missed out on our meaningful gamification #NASAGAchat with Scott Nicholson, but would like to join in the continuing discussion, you…

Started by Melissa Peterson

5 Apr 3
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Sr. Instructional Designer to Create Learning Board Game - 100% Telecommute   We are working exclusively with our client in identifying an…

Started by Greg Koeser

0 Apr 1

NASAGA-like App for iPad (Spaceteam) / App for Android (Ingress)

If you use an Android phone, the most fun that I've had on my phone is with Google's GPS game called Ingress (www.ingress.com). It is still…

Started by Greg Koeser

0 Apr 1

Management Game from Japan Simulates Actual Business Experiences

This video explains a Japanese game called The Management Game that was created in 1976 and continues to be used today to train business pe…

Started by Dave Endresak

0 Mar 23

A connective ethnography of peer knowledge sharing and diffusion in a tween virtual world

Link goes to the Springer academic journal database. Article is from the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning…

Started by Dave Endresak

0 Mar 17

Simulations, games and peace A special issue of S&G Journal

David Crookall, the editor of Simulation & Gaming Journal advises that there is a special issue of the journal on simulations, games, a…

Started by NASAGA

0 Mar 17

Article: 7 Health Benefits of Playing Video Games

This article summarizes several studies that demonstrate correlations between playing various video games and assorted health benefits. Lin…

Started by Dave Endresak

0 Mar 10

MDA: A Formal Approach to Game Design and Game Research

This academic article is publicly accessible and summarizes a major effort to offer a standard framework for designers, educators, research…

Started by Dave Endresak

0 Mar 1

The shady origins of five popular board games

I thought that this brief article might be a good inspiration for more formal research about the origins of games as pedagogical tools. It…

Started by Dave Endresak

0 Mar 1

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