[Yr7-10it] Jim Gee: Games Are Good For Learning...But Not Just Because They Are Games]

[margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net]

If you missed James Gee when he presented in Melbourne last year, here is
your chance to listen to his lecture (not *that* exact lecture, but same
content!).

Goes for about 80minutes

enjoy!

Margaret
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Title: Games Are Good For Learning...But Not Just Because They Are
Games

Description: Keynote presentation at What Do Games Teach Us About
Learning Conference 17th August 2006.

What Video Games have to Teach us About Learning and Literacy Good computer
and video games are learning machines. Despite being long and complex, they
get themselves learned and learned well, not just in tutorials, but as part
and parcel of playing the game to the end. Thus, designers face and largely
solve an intriguing educational dilemma, one also faced by schools and
workplaces, as well: how to get people to learn and master something that is
long and challenging - and enjoy it.

Schools, workplaces, families, and academic researchers have a lot to learn
about learning from good computer and video games. In this talk I will
explicate the learning principles that are built into good video games and
discuss their implications for learning in and out of schools for a global,
high-tech, and risky world.

Date: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Time: 9:30 AM

Duration: 1:22:34

Link:
http://mediasite.eq.edu.au/mediasite/viewer/?peid=564ac4fe-67aa-4278-b583-d7
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