Value of Humor And Play – Max Levin
Need I say more about how important it is to bring humor and play into Education? “If play were not pleasurable, kíttens would never chase each other’s tails, and so would lack practice in...
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Free Full Online Courses by Stanford University – Spring 2012
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...
Evernote Peek – iPad Smart Cover Flashcard App
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...
Gamifying Learning
If you google “gamify“, “gamification” or “gamifying”, you will find several entries with this relatively new trend on the Web (the term is normally related to Web design and marketing). I just wrote a...
ARGs in Learning – Learning in ARGs
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...
Grokit, Social Learning Game
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...
Adobe Max – Conference and a Hidden Game
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...
Do Games for Learning Really Work?
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...
Social Games Even on Consoles – Learning Opportunities?
I’ve realized that I add questions as titles to my posts very often. Maybe because I am not sure exactly what I am saying is like what everyone else is saying, perhaps because I...
