• How can games help teachers engage their students?

  • Apr 11 2024
  • Length: 38 mins
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How can games help teachers engage their students?

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  • Game-based learning has been around for thousands of years. What makes games so effective as a learning tool? And how can you implement games into everyday learning?

    Guest: ⁠Jonathan Truitt⁠, co-director of the ⁠Center for Learning through Games and Simulations⁠ at ⁠Central Michigan University⁠.


    • 00:00 Introduction
    • 01:18 What is game-based learning and gamification
    • 03:44 How do we gamify our daily lives?
    • 05:07 How did game-based learning start to catch on?
    • 08:58 How is game-based learning different than educational video games?
    • 10:40 How do you decide if game-based learning is a good fit for a lesson?
    • 14:16 Why does game-based learning help to increase understanding?
    • 16:14 What is the benefit of face-to-face, live game play?
    • 21:37 What game models work best in the classroom?
    • 23:41 How does an academic board game get published?
    • 25:03 What games have been published through Central Michigan University Press?
    • 28:47 How can educators introduce game-based learning to their classrooms?
    • 33:51 What are the career opportunities in game-based learning?
    • 37:28 Conclusion
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