{"id":2756,"date":"2012-09-10T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:56:52","slug":"link-the-20-best-blogs-about-game-based-learning-online-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/10\/link-the-20-best-blogs-about-game-based-learning-online-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Link: The 20 Best Blogs About Game-Based Learning &#8211; Online Colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p class=\"diigo-link\">I haven&#8217;t really had a chance to look this over yet; if you have any opinions, feel free to comment.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinecolleges.net\/2012\/08\/07\/the-20-best-blogs-about-game-based-learning\/?goback=.gde_155852_member_155524488\">The 20 Best Blogs About Game-Based Learning &#8211; Online Colleges<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">August 7, 2012  Adults these days (especially those who love themselves some Dateline) seem really into chastising video games those crazy kids are into as symptomatic of the human race&rsquo;s inevitable, steady decline. Like every hobby and medium, legitimate concerns regarding these technologies certainly exist, but their complete lack of validity is decidedly not amongst them. Intrepid educators, developers, administrators, and parents alike know that new and digital media can be harnessed for more productive ends, such as helping students soak up various academic subjects or training new employees. Even the FBI recognizes and uses video games as valuable learning tools! Because the push toward incorporating these resources still exists in a comparatively inchoate state, anyone curious about how they apply to educational settings should keep up with the latest movements and technologies currently shaping the movement&rsquo;s future. Blogs can help with that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span>                        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/blogs\">blogs<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/learning\">learning<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/online\">online<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/colleges\">colleges<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2756'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2756);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2756);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2756);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I haven&#8217;t really had a chance to look this over yet; if you have any opinions, feel free to comment. The 20 Best Blogs About Game-Based Learning &#8211; Online Colleges August 7, 2012 Adults these days (especially those who love &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/10\/link-the-20-best-blogs-about-game-based-learning-online-colleges\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,12,14,24],"tags":[225,180,181],"class_list":["post-2756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-games","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-game-based-learning","tag-links","tag-lists"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-Is","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2738,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/08\/where-ive-been-online-weekly-sept-2-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":2756,"position":0},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (Weekly: Sept. 2 &#8211; 8 )","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~ 07 Sep 12 Title: Early Spay and Neuter | AKC Canine Health Foundation About:In this podcast we hear from Dr. Benjamin Hart, a distinguished professor emeritus and active researcher at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3036,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/10\/22\/where-ive-been-online-to-oct-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":2756,"position":1},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (to Oct. 20)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s an ICE Time to Leave ADDIE Behind For many years, Michael Allen has been sounding the call to move beyond ADDIE towards a process that is more responsive, flexible, and manageable. 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