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Pearson-backed Startup Aims to Be the Zynga for Learning - 1 views

mashable.com/...pearson-alleyoop

Pearson

shared by wlampner on 01 Feb 12 - No Cached

wlampner on 01 Feb 12

the site is peddling educational material rather than time-sucking games, and that's an important distinction. As it builds profiles of learners, it starts to make recommendations for college readiness and even career choice - all the while baiting them with the promise of more Yoops. If we can use game mechanics to get kids hooked on virtual-currency powered farm fields, why not learning?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">the site is peddling educational material rather than time-sucking games, and that's an important distinction. As it builds profiles of learners, it starts to make recommendations for college readiness and even career choice - all the while baiting them with the promise of more Yoops. If we can use game mechanics to get kids hooked on virtual-currency powered farm fields, why not learning?</div>

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Udacity - HTML5 Game Development Course (CS 255) - 0 views

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html5 MOOC

shared by wlampner on 01 Nov 12 - No Cached

wlampner on 01 Nov 12

Google sponsored MOOC to develop an HTML5 game

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GradeCraft - 0 views

www.gradecraft.com

gamification lms tools

shared by wlampner on 21 Oct 16 - No Cached

wlampner on 21 Oct 16

Innovative Game-based LMS. Seems to also Integrate with Canvas.

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http://web.mit.edu/future-report/TaskForceFinal_July28.pdf - 0 views

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elearning TPG_Grant gamebased_learning

shared by wlampner on 06 Aug 14 - No Cached

wlampner on 06 Aug 14

Comprehensive 213-page report from MIT recommending pedagogical transformations including online courses, modularization of courses, game-based learning and more.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Comprehensive 213-page report from MIT recommending pedagogical transformations including online courses, modularization of courses, game-based learning and more.</div>

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Virtual reality: could it revolutionise higher education? | THE News - 0 views

www.timeshighereducation.com/...revolutionise-higher-education

VR Virtual_reality

shared by wlampner on 03 Jun 16 - No Cached

Conrad Tucker, an assistant professor of engineering at Pennsylvania State University, has received funding to build a virtual engineering lab where students hold, rotate and fit together virtual parts as they would with their real hands
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One question his project aims to answer is whether students learn as well in VR as they do in real classrooms, or whether without being physically present with their classmates, they miss out on developing intangible skills such as teamwork
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The same year saw the University of British Columbia experiment with a full lecture in VR. Five students were given an earlier version of the Oculus Rift headset and sat in a virtual classroom where they watched a gaming lawyer deliver a lecture
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with headsets covering their entire field of view, the students were unable to take notes in the real world.
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ou activate more of your brain because…it’s not a single channel [sense]
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llow users to toggle between modes, hiding and then revealing the reconstructed parts
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could, however, help universities to optimise their use of space, reserving real labs for when they are truly needed.
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PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations - 0 views

phet.colorado.edu

elearning tools simulation

shared by Steve Kaufman on 08 Aug 16 - Cached

Steve Kaufman on 08 Aug 16

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.</div>

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Minecraft in education - 0 views

education.minecraft.net

gamification games

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 09 Jul 15 - No Cached

Patrick Tabatcher on 09 Jul 15

Site from Microsoft for using Minecraft in education.

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Democracy 3 - 0 views

www.positech.co.uk/democracy3

gamebased_learning political_science

shared by anonymous on 16 Oct 14 - No Cached

anonymous on 16 Oct 14

Very cool (and cheap) browser-based game that simulates all of the different aspects of running a democratic country. Might need to pick it up!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very cool (and cheap) browser-based game that simulates all of the different aspects of running a democratic country. Might need to pick it up!</div>

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