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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.

Productive failure and experiential learning

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

General game design. Good advice for any would be learning game designer.

General game design. Good advice for any would be learning game designer.

In addition to the competencies there is a nice collection of resources in this post.

"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 collection of free onlinn simulation games for learning.

Big collection of games related learning resources.

Big collection of games related learning resources.

nice collection of resources for teachers.

Lot's of research and "how to's" about active learning.

NIce Ice baby, From Karl Kapp's session on designing learning games.

How could magic inform learning?

Four principles for the effective use of games for ed.

an interesting look at ARGs