Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesEarlier this spring, I had a lovely conversation with a fellow game researcher and enthusiast (Jostein Hassel) about how digital games are related to non-digital games. I learned a lot from this conversation (more on that in an upcoming post). … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesSo why is it possible to get an Ed Tech degree by taking ONLY Education courses? It shouldn’t be. IT (Information Technology), Education, Management, … are all APPLIED disciplines – if all you know is the one of these, you … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesJust because you use some application or piece of software does not mean you know it. There is a reason why race car drivers often start out as (professional or amateur) mechanics: In order to get the best performance out … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesI came across this the other day (thanks! to Bonnie Bracey Sutton) Building an Interdisciplinary Identity in a (Mostly) Non-Interdisciplinary Academic World – ProfHacker – The Chronicle of Higher Education. There are a few things in here that really struck … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere is Ben Sawyer‘s latest talk – a Google Tech Talk If you are one of those people who believes that Serious Games is synonymous with Educational Games, you should watch this. It will give you a pretty good idea … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesSimulations (and games) are once again ‘hot’ in education – remember the “Edutainment Era” of the 80’s? Everyone seemed to think that the way to make “learning fun” was to wrap it up in some lame game. Educational Technologists and … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the things I keep coming up against again and again is the ‘language’ problem. Having come from computer science and only recently introduced to ‘formal’ education (I”ve been teaching at university for ~30 years), I was at first … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes5 Lessons Professors Can Learn From Video Games – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education Nice article. via 5 Lessons Professors Can Learn From Video Games – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education. The author suggests we might … Continue reading