Educational Games

Educational games, also known as "serious games," are going through a renaissance in part because of the acceptance of learning apps on mobile devices. That's the finding of a new research report by Ambient Insight. The forecast predicts the Serious Games market, which Ambient calls game-based learning, will grow from $1.5 billion in 2012 to $2.3 billion in 2017.

In summer 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in cooperation with the MacArthur Foundation, made a significant investment to establish the Games Learning and Assessment Lab (GlassLab), which includes top game developers, assessment experts, and researchers from multiple fields and disciplines.

Valerie J. Shute Professor Ed Psych and Learning Systems Department 3205G Stone Building, 1114 West Call Street, PO Box 3064453, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4453 Map Contact vshute@fsu.edu 850/644-8785 IN PRESS Shute, V. J., Ventura, M., Kim, Y. J. & Wang, L. (in press). Video games and learning. In W. G. Tierney, Z.

It is assumed that serious games influences learning in 2 ways, by changing cognitive processes and by affecting motivation. However, until now research has shown little evidence for these assumptions. We used meta-analytic techniques to investigate whether serious games are more effective in terms of learning and more motivating than conventional instruction methods (learning: k = 77, N 5,547; motivation: k = 31, N 2,216).

by John Richards, Leslie Stebbins and Kurt MoelleringJanuary 28, 2013 Games for a Digital Age: K-12 Market Map and Investment Analysis includes a sector analysis and market map of game‐based learning initiatives with an analysis of relevant trends in education and digital technology that are likely to impact development of a robust game-based learning market segment.

Futurelab at NFER is (registered charity number 313392) is committed to developing creative and innovative approaches to education, teaching and learning. We achieve this through a mixture of research, workshops, CPD, training, courses, inset days, events, school development (through our enquiring schools programme), and resources across the UK and internationally.

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Video games provide a diverse set of experiences and related activities and are part of the lives of almost all teens in America. To date, most video game research has focused on how games impact academic and social outcomes (particularly aggression).

My kids can't seem to get enough of their video games. I can take away the Xbox 360's power cord or tell the kids to go outside and play, but at the end of the day, they simply want to keep on playing.

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Practice is a new line of 3D, multiplayer learning games from McGraw-Hill Education. Designed against course Learning Objectives and delivered on the web and (soon) on tablets, these games integrate into the core curriculum to provide hands on, experiential learning experiences.