By Rachel Bolstad
This post is part of a short series to share highlights from NZCER's 2017 Games for Learning conference.
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Read rest of post: Can conference participants gamify their own learning?
Date posted: 14 November 2017
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By Rachel Bolstad
This post is part of a short series to share highlights from NZCER's 2017 Games for Learning conference
Read rest of post: Game developers on an educational mission: Dan Milward and Maru Nihoniho
Date posted: 26 October 2017
By Rachel Bolstad
This post is part of a short series to share highlights from NZCER's 2017 Games for Learning conference.
Have you, or your students, ever imagined working in game design or another creative digital industry?
Read rest of post: James Everett on working in game design, and two ideas for discussion
Date posted: 24 October 2017
This post is part of a short series to share highlights from NZCER's 2017 Games for Learning conference
By Rachel Bolstad
Read rest of post: Yasmin Kafai on what students learn from making games
Date posted: 17 October 2017
By Rachel Bolstad
This post is part of a short series to share highlights from NZCER's 2017 Games for Learning conference.
Read rest of post: Bron Stuckey on rethinking who (and what) makes a game educational
Date posted: 11 October 2017
By Rachel Bolstad
This post is part of a short series to share highlights from NZCER's 2017 Games for Learning conference.
Read rest of post: Exploring and extending culture through games: Amy Fredeen on Never Alone
Date posted: 7 October 2017
By Rachel Bolstad
This post is the beginning of a short series to share highlights from NZCER's 2017 Games for Learning conference.
Read rest of post: Four things I learned about ngā tākaro (games) from Harko Brown
Date posted: 4 October 2017
By Rachel Bolstad
This blog miniseries has profiled the motivations of various game-using teachers we have interviewed in the Games for Learning project.
Read rest of post: What motivates game-using teachers? Episode 6
Date posted: 22 August 2017
By Rachel Bolstad
One possible challenge for anyone trying to get their head around the role of games in education is the semantics. Which words should we use to describe learning that involves games? What’s the difference between “educational games” “serious games”, “gaming”, “game design”, or “gamification”?
Read rest of post: Game-based learning: Typologies and butterflies
Date posted: 1 August 2017
By Rachel Bolstad
Read rest of post: Gazing through the fog surrounding games and learning
Date posted: 22 July 2017