Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat Keeps Students Motivated to Learn? | MindShift. A good summary: Integrated Projects Interest-Based and Relevant Authentic Choice Make It Hands-On Knowing Teachers Care High Expectations and Strong Support from Teachers Encourage Them to Learn From Mistakes Opportunities for Feedback … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is key. Big Fat Phoenix: The most important game design lesson I ever learned. The action that your player performs most frequently should feel like fun all by itself. Far FAR too often, the action that the player performs … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes~ Stephen’s Web. Does ‘discovery learning’ prepare Alberta students for the 21st century or will it toss out a top tier education system? I have long thought that “talent” is something people are born with – they may have more … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesHuman Factors: The Third Wave of Gamification?. This article points to another describing a “third wave” of gamification that involves effectively users creating their own games within the environment they are using, and expresses some dubiousness about its utility. I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHmmmmm – helping kids learn how to think is more effective than telling them what to think. Who’d a thunk it? Media literacy tops traditional education in school smoking-prevention efforts – Medical News Today. Be the first to like. Like … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesInstructional Design Collaboration: A Professional Learning and Growth Experience ~ Stephen’s Web. Amid a dozen of so papers that could have been wrritten in the 1990s is this position paper in the current issue of the Journal of Online Learning … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesVideo games becoming required coursework in schools – Technology & Science – CBC News. Unfortunately, they got my institution wrong. I’ve got a request in to fix it, but I’ve had no response yet. Below is an edited excerpt (with … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a discussion going on (again) on one of the forums I follow that is trashing PowerPoint. Now, I’m not a big fan of Microsoft, but really, PowerPoint is one of their better applications. The fact that there are millions … Continue reading