Video Games and the Future of Learning

The paper describes "an approach" to the design of learning environments that builds on the educational properties of games, but deeply grounds them within a theory of learning appropriate for an age marked by the power of new technologies.

(Source: http://www.worldcat.org/title/video-games-and-the-future-of-learning/oc…)

Pull Quotes

Whereas schools largely sequester students
from one another and from the outside world,
games bring players together — competitively and
cooperatively — in the virtual world of the game
and in the social community of its players.

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Organization referenced

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Critical Writing referenced

Hyper and Deep Attention