Learning together…
Several universities world-wide have made their courseware available in different formats over the years. A very popular format is that of podcasts on iTunesU or video lectures on Youtube. See, for instance, this broad list of “free courseware” offerings by major universities. Yale, for example, has made several past lectures available on their Open Yale [...]
In a creative move which combines hardware and software, the developers at Evernote created an ingenious iPad app: Evernote Peek. What’s it good for? Anything traditional flashcards are good for: memorizing facts, studying for tests, having fun in a trivia game.
In response to Koreen Olbrish’s post about learning that takes place in ARGs: Here is a good place to find out what ARGs are being played currently. One of the best examples of ARGs I think was the one that warmed players up for the release of The Dark Knight. Just explore the puzzles there, [...]
Grockit is definitely mixing traditional social networking with the power of Massively Multiplayer Online gaming (MMO). Learners study for tests such as GMAT in a live, competitive and collaborative environment as they earn and give points for good performance that are collected as they move to different levels of “expertise” in the community. Players can [...]
Much like the good ol’ “easter eggs” that you find in software like Word Processing, games, etc. Now Adobe has hidden a game on their Adobe Max Conference website. It seems to be just a little “mysterious” incentive for those who explore the website, maybe some marketing move to make visitors want to share it [...]
There are many articles we could link to here that tackle this question that can hardly be answered by the lack of research in the field that really “proves” something. Dr. Blunt just assembled the results from three recent studies that try to express the effectiveness of game-based learning or serious games. You can download [...]
