GameDay 2013 Recap
Bart Pursel from TLT presenting at Game Day 2013. Photo by Lauren Beal Last week, the Educational Gaming Commons hosted its annual GameDay event in the University Park Knowledge Commons. In this, our...
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The doomed Pippin You could argue that the iPhone has changed how people play games. But today the web site The AV Club’s Gameological Society has an interesting story about how Apple’s foray into...
View ArticleTLT Podcast: Simulation game teaches students about U.S. health care system
The HealthBound Policy Simulation game was developed by the Center for Disease Control to help students understand the U.S. health care system and how to improve it. At Penn State, during the fall 2012...
View ArticleTime and Patients game for Health Policy and Administration
Screen shot of Time and Patients Time and Patients is a simulation game for Health Policy and Administration students developed by the Educational Gaming Commons using HTML5 and our homegrown FLAG...
View ArticleEducational gaming brown bag on gamification in a linguistics course to be...
Anyone interested in the use of games in education is invited to attend a free educational gaming brown bag entitled “Gamification and Word Puzzles in a Linguistics Course” on Wednesday, September 18...
View ArticleEducational gaming brown bag on digital badges to be held Oct. 2
Anyone interested in the use of game-like elements in education is invited to attend a free educational gaming brown bag entitled “Digital Badges for DIY Learning” on Wednesday, October 2 from noon to...
View ArticleGame Day explores the role of educational gaming in the classroom and beyond
Penn State faculty and staff from across the Commonwealth are invited to attend the third annual Educational Gaming Commons Game Day, which will be held May 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in 102 Thomas...
View ArticleBrown bag on using FLAG gaming engine to build grammar game to be held Sept. 17
Anyone interested in the use of games in education is invited to attend a free educational gaming brown bag entitled “Using the FLAG Gaming Engine to Build a Grammar Game” on Wednesday, September 17...
View ArticleBrown bag on educational games and accessibility to be held Oct. 22
Anyone interested in the use of games in education is invited to attend a free educational gaming brown bag entitled “Can Games and Accessibility Play on the Same Team?” on Wednesday, October 22 from...
View ArticleBrown bag on digital badge pilots to be held Feb. 18
Anyone interested in the use of games in education is invited to attend a free educational gaming brown bag entitled “Digital Badge Pilots at Penn State” on Wednesday, February 18 from noon to 1:00...
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