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Tag Archives: education
Extra Credit – Gamifying Education
The Extra Credit team over on the Penny Arcade website consistently produce interesting and thought provoking videos about all aspects of video games and game culture. This episode on gamifying education was no exception.
Cathy Moore – Dump the drone (in eLearning)
While this isn’t specifically game related, Cathy Moore is one of my favourite eLearning gurus – she always provides highly practical and very useful suggestions for designing more accessible and eLearning content with a heavy learner focus. This Slideshare presentation … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, education, elearning, information, interaction, theory, training, VET
Tagged Cathy Moore, education
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Presenting at Global Learn 2010 in Malaysia about the Virtual World for Health project – hurrah
Update: I’ve also had a paper accepted for the Ed-Media conference in Toronto at the end of June – and I’m going. Hooray!!! We had some pretty exciting news just before Christmas, Penny Neuendorf (my boss) and I have been … Continue reading
Posted in conference, education, health, simulation, training, VET
Tagged education, global learn, health, virtual worlds
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Don’t bother me Mom – I’m learning! – Ideas from Prensky
Marc Prensky is a significant figure in the games in learning field, with a substantial body of writing and consultant work behind him. He is a big advocate of using the concept of digital learners and digital immigrants to describe … Continue reading
Guitar Rising – the line between games and learning tools blurs a little more
I’ve mentioned games using Guitar styled interfaces before – Fret Nice being one example and the entirely awesome Guitar Hero series of course being another. Guitar Rising looks like it may well take this a step further with PC based … Continue reading
Posted in controllers, education, elearning, experience, fun, interaction, motor skills, music
Tagged education, guitar, guitar hero, guitar rising, interface, music
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