Interact Magazine: Issue on "Learning from Games and Simulations"

Publication Type  Magazine Article
Year of Publication  2005
Authors  Butland, Gill
ISSN Number  1368-4590
Key Words  games; simulations; research; overview
Abstract  

Numerous short articles on Games and SImulations in education:

The games people play 3
Showcasing – games and simulation
They’re manikins – not mannequins 4
The virtual stock market game 5
First steps in using high fidelilty Human Patient Simulators 6
Return on investment? 7
Steelmaking simulations @steeluniversity.org 8
Self-organizing communities for knowledge production 10
Online games and simulations as aids to learning ethos, challenges and evaluation 12
THEATRON 14
Low cost, low tech web-based simulations 15

Research – games and simulation
How can e-learning games and simulations compete in the market place? 16
SimAcademy 17
Computer games: the most powerful learning technology of our age? 18
A quick look at Quandary 19
Commercial games in the classroom 20
Research into computer games and learning: a brief overview 22

 

Magazine is online.

Notes  

Published by

Learning Technology Support Service (LTSS)
Institute for Learning and Research Technology
University of Bristol
10 Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HH

URL  http://www.ltss.bristol.ac.uk/interact/31/INTERACT_31.pdf

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