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Games Based Learning Applicatio ns

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(Further Education /Higher Education  Games Based Learning)

Applications

Sustainaville - Geography / Business Studies / Economics / Planning / Environmental Courses

The Climate Game - Geography / Environmental Courses / Economics

Young People First - Sociology / Public Policy / Children Services

Benefits of Games Based Learning

• Engaging, fun, motivational and challenging. Learning games appeal to different learning styles.
• Encourages collaboration & team working.
• Provides generic skills such as communication, negotiation, problem solving and decision making.
• Enables skills and knowledge to be contextualised in the real world. Educational learning games provide an authentic experience, which enables students to construct their understanding.
• Supports formative assessment.
• Provides the accelerated learning of complex subjects and cause & effect.

Features Checklist

Games based learning, played by a whole class / seminar group or Fresher’s Week.

Simple IT requirements - just a laptop and projector.

Specifically designed resource that is flexible and engaging.

High quality shared experience that supports situated (“real world”) learning.

Students make the decisions but the lecturer / facilitator remains in control.

Potential delivery by final year students.

Easy to use with comprehensive teaching instructions and web support.

Support exercises to extend the learning into micro modules.

Integrated reporting / assessment / observable learning outcomes.

Licence or workshop.

Checklist based on games based learning needs and observations made in 450 workshops.

Wondering how you could use games?

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