Mar
2015
video games Norway
Literature, Ethics, Physics: It’s All In Video Games At This Norwegian School
game-based learning seems to be a misnomer, as the learning is not based on games, but enhanced by them. Commercial games are repurposed and modified to support curricular goals, as opposed to driving them. Of course, learning can and should also be based on games, as they are valid texts that can be studied in and of themselves, but it is important to see video games as elastic tools whose potential uses exceed their intended purpose.
My note: game-enhanced learning can be safely classified under “gamification”:
Gamification is defined as the process of applying game mechanics and game thinking to the real world to solve problems and engage users (Phetteplace & Felker, 2014, p. 19; Becker, 2013, p. 199; Kapp, 2012).
More on the issue of gaming and gamification (including coding) in Scandinavian countries:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=finland
Dora
January 13, 2017 at 3:08 pm (8 years ago)Maybe https://mojang.com/2016/11/minecraft-education-edition-has-launched/ is a good example?