“In the following conversation with Gee, we discuss literacy, systems thinking, education, socio-economic inequality, and, of course, video games.”
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Games Can Advance Education: A Conversation With James Paul Gee | MindShift.
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‘Video Games and Learning’ pilot MOOC launches Oct. 3, 2013
“Squire, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, along with Constance Steinkuehler, an associate professor of digital media in the department, will teach a MOOC — Video Games and Learning — beginning today Oct. 3. It’s the UW’s first-ever pilot MOOC….”
via ‘Video Games and Learning’ pilot MOOC launches Oct. 3, 2013.
Video games becoming required coursework in schools
“Starting this fall, in order to graduate, every student at Olds College in Olds, Alta., will have to complete an iPad game in which they open a virtual lemonade stand and gradually build it into a business empire.”
via Video games becoming required coursework in schools – Canada – CBC News.
