by andflywrite | Jun 10, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
“Fifty-four precent of all meetings have at least one person on a call with them,” says Anguilo. “That person, within 10 or 15 minutes, is just doing a little email, and 10 minutes later is building a ship in a bottle because they’ve lost track of the meeting and it’s...
by kris | Jun 9, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
So what is it in great game mechanics that gets people willing to invest time and money to play? If learning games could first engage players using great mechanics, would the learners then be willing to engage in the learning objectives ? That was my take away from...
by kris | Jun 9, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Interesting look at how social learning is approached from different fields. Here is a look at social learning for finance. Wondering if a social learning construct in education also needs to look outside the obvious “tutoring” and look at other ways...
by kris | Jun 8, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
Here is an interview with Scott Osterweil from MIT Education Arcade. Scott is being interviewed by Professor Eric Klopfer during the MOOC I recently completed, Design and Development of Learning Games. Scott is discussing the design and development of the game,...
by gary575 | Jun 8, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
It is hard to fathom how this will work out well for public education in Nevada. Parents can take the money that would normally go to public schools and give it to the ITT Educations of the world or perhaps just take the money and run. Read more here. I never cease...
by kris | Jun 8, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
What does an educator need to know to use a learning game in a classroom? See an educator support page from the game Lure of the Labyrinth. Scott Osterweil, from MIT’s Education Arcade was interviewed often in the EdX course I just completed regarding good...
