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How can games help teachers engage their students?

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Game-based learning has been around for thousands of years. What makes games so effective as a learning tool? And how can you implement games into everyday learning?  

Guest: ⁠Jonathan Truitt⁠, co-director of the ⁠Center for Learning through Games and Simulations⁠ at ⁠Central Michigan University⁠. 


  • 00:00  Introduction
  • 01:18  What is game-based learning and gamification
  • 03:44  How do we gamify our daily lives?
  • 05:07  How did game-based learning start to catch
    • on?
  • 08:58  How is game-based learning different than
    • educational video games?
  • 10:40  How do you decide if game-based learning is a
    • good fit for a lesson?
  • 14:16  Why does game-based learning help to increase
    • understanding?
  • 16:14  What is the benefit of face-to-face, live
    • game play?
  • 21:37  What game models work best in the classroom?
  • 23:41  How does an academic board game get
    • published?
  • 25:03  What games have been published through
    • Central Michigan University Press?
  • 28:47  How can educators introduce game-based
    • learning to their classrooms?
  • 33:51  What are the career opportunities in
    • game-based learning?
  • 37:28  Conclusion
    • ...more
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