Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of our assigned readings in my Theories of Games and Interaction for Design course this week has got me thinking again about game taxonomies. Lieberman, D. (2012). Designing digital games, social media, and mobile technologies to motivate and support … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesNYU using Codeacademy to Teach CS: Who got fired? « Computing Education Blog. I agree with the concerns raised by Mark here. I would add a few additional concerns to this as well. See, I’m not as thrilled by the … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWhy I Gave Up Flipped Instruction. This pretty much echoes my feelings on the “Flipped Classroom” fad. Well worth the read. While I may not have intentionally removed the flip from my classroom, I would never resurrect it. Here’s why: … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesThese are public postings of my writings for the first course of the Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design and Research at Michigan State University. Each week, we are required to post three responses/reactions to queries posted by other … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThese are public postings of my writings for the first course of the Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design and Research at Michigan State University. Please note: these posts are not intended as any kind of commentary on or … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThese are public postings of my writings for the first course of the Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design and Research at Michigan State University. Each week, we are also required to post three questions for the rest of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat happens when free courses aren’t free? « The Next Bison: Social Computing and Culture. Yup. She’s right. I would not have taken the gamification course if it had cost a little money. But I am taking a ‘real’ course, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesI’m still playing along with the coursera course on Gamification. (See my initial reaction here, and my first assignment here). This week we got our last assignment (out of three). This course only runs 6 weeks (August 27 – Oct. … Continue reading