July 2012 Blog Posts (6)

Back at the beginning of the month I posted about a Massive Open Online Course on Games-based Learning. The course is running for a total of six weeks and we are now close to the end of week three so it is time for a mid-term paper.

To re-cap here is the schedule for the six weeks.

Game-based Learning

Week 1 Games Based Learning/Game Principles. 

Week 2 Overview of…

Anastasia Salter, NASAGA member and assistant professor of Information Arts and Technologies at the University of Baltimore, wrote a four part series "Games In the Classroom for the Chronicle of Higher Education. The series is a great read and provides many resources. Here are the links to each part of the series.

August 30, 2011, …

Interactivity, Games and Gamification: Creating Engaged Learners

Presenter: 

Karl Kapp, Assistant Director of Bloomsburg University's Institute for Interactive Technologies

Session Description

Based on the bestselling learning book, “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” this presentation introduces, defines, and…

This is a nice introduction to the topic of gamification. This comes via Idea.org

"Gameplay has a lot to teach us about motivating participation through joy. ‘Gamification’ is a new term, coined in 2008, for adapting game mechanics into non-game setting — such as building online communities, education and outreach, marketing, or building educational apps. Here are some ideas for how to do it"…

This looks interesting. I have submitted a registration request. I will keep you posted.

Games Based Learning MOOC

July 1st, 2012…