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Learning Science Through Computer Games and Simulations

This chapter considers the use of simulations and games for science learning in the context of formal education. After describing the variety of contexts in which individuals interact with simulations ...
Inside Higher Ed

What Learners Really Think About Informal Virtual Learning Spaces

S uzan ne Dove, Patrice Torcivia Prusko and Jennifer Cutts are all well-known scholar/practitioners in the centers for teaching and learning and learning innovation worlds. They met through the HAIL ...
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Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments

A key to designing informal experiences to support learning is to clearly articulate the goals for a particular experience. That is, what should participants learn through their experience? In this ...
Forbes

Video Games Are The Perfect Way To Teach Math, Says Stanford Mathematician

Wuzzit Trouble, from InnerTube games, is new in the app store this week. Innertube Games is a learning-games studio founded by four enthusiasts, including the world famous Dr. Keith Devlin: the NPR ...
Education Week

The Informal Instructional Core and Teaching the Village

Let’s talk about teaching parents. In schools, we have a pretty well-founded belief that one of the ways that you can indirectly boost student learning is to directly boost the capacity of teachers.