🇬🇧 Recommended mid-summer readings :) and let's talk about this!

👾 ⏩ https://edugames.andreafranceschini.org/2023/08/07/can-we-stop-calling-them-serious-games/

#SeriousGames #EduGames #Educazione #VideoGames #EducationalVideoGames #DigitalEducation #Digital #EducationalGames #PlayfulLearning #GameBasedLearning #Academia #Research #Development #GameDesign #IndieGame

A reminder that games aren't just for entertainment; they're also great teaching tools. The interactive and immersive experience they offer allows players to fully engage with the content, making it more memorable and enjoyable than traditional learning methods.

#educationalgames #gaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUU62x5Czcw&list=PLWz5rJ2EKKc83D3efdDiy5eBSVyPnKp-G&index=3

And that, I think, concludes my daily rant against bad #EducationalGames ➡️ https://edugames.andreafranceschini.org Come in, we have games 👾🍪

#SeriousGames #GameDevelopment #GameDesign #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDeveloper #GamesForGood #Misinformation #Learning #eLearning #EducationalTechnology #EduGames #EduTech

What's drill-and-practice, you ask? Here are two examples:

‣ Pizza al Lancio to learn about fractions https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pizza-al-lancio/id1387836010
‣ Cranky Uncle to learn about misinformation https://app.crankyuncle.info/home

Basically, #EducationalGames that aren't games but simply endless repetition.

TIL 17 years ago @Hopelab made Re-Mission, a game to help young cancer patients understand what's happening in their bodies and talk about it with their carers and doctors.

Yet we are still here thinking drill-and-practice makes great #EducationalGames 🫣 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfPBGNdcTNo

Doing a deep dive into #EducationalGames, trying to figure out how to incorporate learning into entertainment games, not the other way around, which is usually the case with #SeriousGames. A thread of screams from the deep end. 🧵

Firing the nostalgia canon. 😅

I haven't played any of the games listed. What I played was Hangaroo, Bookworm, and Typer Shark.

#gaming #educationalgames

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yv7Ouokml0

New addition to #TheVideoGameLibrary!📚

When trainers use games, learners win big.

This book bridges the gap between instructional design and game design - written to grow game literacy and strengthen crucial game design skills.

👉https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/play-to-learn-everything-you-need-to-know-about-designing-effective-learning-games

#GameDesign #Games4Ed #Pedagogy #Teaching #VideoGames #VideoGame #Gaming #Gamer #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #PlayToLearn #EducationalGames #GameDev #GameDevelopment #LevelDesign #LearningGames #PlantsVsZombies #PlayTesting #PlayTest

If anyone's looking for #gift ideas of #VideoGames with some educational/critical thinking/ problem-solving merit, some favorites in my house are EMPIRES OF THE UNDERGROWTH, DAWN OF MAN, PLANETBASE, FACTORIO, WOLF QUEST, and CRUSADER KINGS 3. We play all of these on a Macbook via Steam, by the way. There are others. These are just our current faves.

#Holiday #Gifts #GiftIdeas #VideoGame #EducationalGames #StrategyGames #Steam

Are #educationalgames bad? 4 panels 16+ speakers and more than 15 games are all getting together to show and discuss that question!

If you make games, study games, work in education, or just want to play this event might be for you! Completely free, fully hybrid.

Register here: https://www.badgamearcade.ca/roundtable-panels

Are Educational Games Bad? To answer that I'm organizing a weeklong symposium in January!

It will include:
🔉4 Roundtable Panels
🎙️12+ Live Interviews with Devs
🎮Arcade with over 18 free #educationalgames
+more

100% free and as hybrid as possible. Registration opens soon (January 23-27) so save the date!

But in the meantime you can learn more here ➡️ https://www.badgamearcade.ca/