SCHOOL EDUCATION GATEWAY Game based learning
In the following video, André Thomas, CEO of Triseum, a company which specialises on the development of learning games, summarises the benefits of game-based learning and highlights the risks related to it. In order to implement a game-based learning approach, it is important for the teacher to be able to evaluate the learning potential of a game, given […]
SCHOOL EDUCATION GATEWAY Game based learning
In the following video, André Thomas, CEO of Triseum, a company which specialises on the development of learning games, summarises the benefits of game-based learning and highlights the risks related to it. In order to implement a game-based learning approach, it is important for the teacher to be able to evaluate the learning potential of a game, given […]
Gamification
Gamification is a recipe for fun and engaging learning that uses game mechanisms. The main idea of gamification is to take the engaging elements of gaming, like the challenge, the element of chance, the competition, the cooperation, the feedback, the rewards, the winning or the progression, and implement them into the teaching process. Let us look […]
SCHOOL EDUCATION GATEWAY How do we learn with games
We humans are not the only creatures on this planet who are familiar with the concept of play. In fact, play is widely practiced by most animals in some form. This suggests that a child’s urge to play is not a cultural phenomenon but an innate biological response to survive in the world.