Games-based Learning

[Malinka Ivanova]

Hi everybody! These days I have to write about games usage in the education. I found different materials - games in engineering, in math, in medicine, in enterprises, in music... A do not have experience with the games in the education, especially in Highner education. If you have any expirience in this area, please share it!
Malinka

[Marielle Lange]

Can you be any more specific? It's a bit like saying I am interested in lecturing usage in education ;-).

Are you after case studies (successful experiments with game-basede learning)? Are you after general statements as to the benefits of games? What types of game environment: multi-player, simulation, learning immersion, mobile gaming? What age category or expertise level in HE (fresher, mature student, distance learning)?

I can provide you with more than 100 references... for you to read. A good starting point is this report by JISC on game based learning. The briefing report offers a 4-5 pages summary.

[Marielle Lange]

For a 73 pages long report Learning in Immersive worlds: a review of game-based learning (pdf). Another JISC report.

[Malinka Ivanova]

Thank you, Marielle! This information is so useful for me! Also, I revisited your posts on Classroom2.0 and I wanted to open the page with the classroom management systems, but it was deleted. Do you know the similar pages?

[Kara Vikers]

I absolutely love game based learning. I am of the opinion that a game is more useful than just reading theories in books because playing a game is realistic. You have to deal actively with problems and due to this you can easily learn new things. I think that tutors should even use more games for teaching.