{"id":31754,"date":"2017-10-10T01:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T01:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rkenny.org\/?p=31754"},"modified":"2020-06-04T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:28:59","slug":"edf-6284-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeclasses.org\/?p=31754","title":{"rendered":"EDF 6284 – Do Video Games Affect Learning?"},"content":{"rendered":"

V<\/span>ideo games are one of the most publicized (and controversial) technologies introduced into the classroom in recent years. You may or may not be aware but some people are adamant that video games will revolutionize and reshape the classroom like no previous advancement. But there are also many who do not agree.
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\nBefore we begin our readings and discussion on this topic, we need to ‘level the playing field’ a bit. For those of you who have taken EME 6465 – Interactive Learning Environments, you have discussed some of this material before. There is a bit of overlap between that course and this. Those who have been introduced to this topic before may be at a different place than the rest of you. Also, in order to provide you some of the foundational content from that course (in which we discussed the converse argument… do video games provide instructional models and techniques that we can use in a regular non-game playing situation? To get at some of those materials, click the tab below on Gamification of Learning. For those of you who have taken or are taking EME 6465, this is optional reading.<\/p>\n

Adding Instructional Value to Games<\/span>'The Games Show'<\/span>Optional Review: Adding Game Play Strategies to Instructional Settings<\/span><\/div>

\nIn order to tap into this debate, we offer you a few links:<\/p>\n