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http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007070.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: We Have to Operate, but Let’s Play First: This makes sense when you realize that playing video games is a form of practice, although most of the time the pattern you practice are quite basic. In this case, however, the manual dexterity pattern finds a useful application: ‚The complex manual…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007071.asp schrieb / wrote: Book: Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-Learning and Other Educational Experiences: Clark Aldrich is coming out with a new book this April: ‚Designed for learning professionals and drawing on both game designers and instructional designers, Learning by Doing explains how to select, research,…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007056.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: A Theory of Fun for Game Design: Following a recommendation by Michael Feldstein I bought Raph Koster’s ‚A Theory of Fun for Game Design‚. It’s a wonderful little book that opened up a fertile thinking ground for me. I agree with Michael that this book gives you more insights into…

Google Alert eLearning schrieb / wrote: Artikel: Spielend für den Beruf lernen: Spielend lernen – was für Kinder gang und gäbe ist, soll künftig auch für Erwachsene gelten: KORION (ein Spin-Off aus dem Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO in Stuttgart) stellt die spielbasierte Unternehmenssimulation learn2work vor. Die E-Learning-Software macht Weiterbildung attraktiv. Damit will das…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007048.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: Is Instructional Video Game an Oxymoron? This NY Times article is about the rise of online instructional games ‚that public interest organizations, advocacy groups and government agencies say have become the best way to reach a generation of children and teenagers weaned on video games and the Web.‘ Interestingly, thanks…

http://www.elearningpost.com/archives/007045.asp schrieb / wrote: Article: Educational Games Don’t Have to Stink! Nice article on the misconceptions that link gameplay to teaching: ‚My heretical view is simply this: computer games don’t teach. I think the idea that you can teach using computer games is based on a flawed analogy between gameplay and learning. Here’s how the…