Some of the best games are also the hardest to teach. We all know the pain of watching some of your favorite games gather dust because you can’t get anyone to sit through the 2 hour tutorial. This is ...

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Coding is one aspect of digital making. When you write code, you are writing instructions for a computer to follow. The instructions might just be "turn this graphic by one degree each second", or ...

Teaching through play is nothing new. It's often used in schools and even the workplace to help people learn new concepts. The video gaming world is filled with games designed to educate players. As ...

Designing games is a powerful way for students to learn transferable and in-demand skills, and teaching it can be as easy as allowing students to demonstrate their learning using tools they choose. I ...

Anyone is eligible, noting that we are looking beyond people who consider themselves "gamers" and the ideas of the use of games is "as a medium to experience both teaching and learning." Experience ...

University of Georgia researchers created an educational video game that helps elementary school students learn about the ...

Games have gone a long way since they first appeared. At first, many people thought games were time-wasteful and that they couldn’t help people in any way. However, games are everywhere now, and ...

Coding is a big deal right now. Worldwide, 36 million kids have taken part in “Hour of code” activities, helping them become active, rather than passive users of technology and starting learning that ...

Game design holds important lessons for education, said Lee Schuneman, the chief product officer at edtech firm Efekta ...