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Children love to learn, but at some point they lose that and become adults that don't like formal learning. Let's explore why "play" has gotten such a bad rap and figure out how to get it back in education.

I'll probably mention this in my upcoming SIMAGES article.

PAXsims is devoted to the discussion of conflict simulations and serious games that address issues of security, development, and peacebuilding for educational, training, and policy purposes.

"Creating video narratives requires both creativity and teamwork. For that reason, it's a great assignment to use in the classroom. But how do you make such a complex process playful enough to maintain the students' attention? Until now, it would have taken a huge effort from educators to make the process seamless. Some recent social media trends might help a lot in changing this."

A nice write up on the development, implementation, and evaluation of an ARG by one of our MOOCers. Randall Fujimoto

The ARG sessions at NASAGA 2012 got me going on ARGs

Several activities to practice game design skills. 

20 recent research articles on the outcomes of games based learning.

A collection of free onlinn simulation games for learning.