The role that games can play in education
My Thai, A. et al. (2009) Game Changer New York: Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sesame Workshop
A report from the folks at Sesame Street. From...
Moving educational games forward
Klopfer, E. et al. (2009) Moving educational games forward Cambridge MA: MIT The Education Arcade
A useful introduction to some of the issues around educational...
New research on educational games
Stansbury, M. (2009) Can gaming change education? eSchool News, December 9
An interesting article on educational games with excellent links to the original research reports....
Masters and doctoral theses on serious games
Dr. Katrin Becker at Simon Fraser University has started her “serious games pathfinder” website, where she publishes a list of Master's and Doctoral theses...
Online school implements game-based course
eSchool News (2009) Online school implements game-based course, June 3
A report on the use of a specially designed online game on American history being...
Online game on academic integrity and plagiarism
For some fun go to University of British Columbia's Library's Academic Integrity Resource Centre site and click on the 'stage' icon on the right...
Workshop: Making Comics into Interactive Media
Would a serious researcher look to comic books and videogames as sources of inspiration for how to transform education? Of course they would!
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Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools
Stansbury, M. (2009) Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools eSchool News, April 28
Extract:
'Virginia reportedly has become the first state to implement a pilot...
Combating Yellow Fever: A Serious Game
Duperray, C. (2009) Combating Yellow Fever: A Serious Game eLearning Africa, No.4, March 12
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Agence de...
Microsoft explores educational link to video games
Kolpack, D. (2009) Microsoft explores educational link to video games, Associated Press, Feb 20
A news release about Microsoft's investment of $1.5 million to start...