http://www.onlinecolleges.net/50-great-sites-for-serious-educational-games/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danieltack/2013/09/12/serious-games-and-the-future-of-education/ Curt On Jul 7, 2015 12:38 PM, "Gillian Densmore" <[email protected]> wrote: > @Cody As to video games, I submit they're somewhat useful or at least can > be depending on what you consider useful of course. SimCity (for example), > EverQuest(was is/was) believe it or not used in Leadership, and Project > Management courses-basicly build a city and what do you do when something > goes wrong. > if I recall someone years ago from someone Orion Games talked at the > Complex showing real world examples of fire-fighters, and pilots used > Flight sims to help with training. > > > World of Warcraft and other Massive Online Sims (or MMO/ MMORPG/ MMOAs) > are often used as part of "humanistic design" resliance studies, > leadership studies as well because you are in a group. How do you have to > take criticism. How do you handle it? Can you get a group together? etc. I > am unclear how useful those life skills are, but leadership skills and > someway to be somewhat self reliant and managing tasks is likely at least > somewhat useful in day-to-day life. > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yup, one of the arguments in the list of reasons-gaming-is-good TED talks >> was that they can be engaging as an educational tool. >> >> But you're clearly just trying to horrify me now. :-) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of glen >> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 8:53 AM >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] DOH! >> >> >> Heh, as if the argument weren't absurd enough already, there's this: >> >> Is Facebook the next frontier for online learning? >> >> http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2015/is-facebook-the-next-frontier-for-online-learning/ >> >> I try to avoid facebook, despite my omnivorism. But "when in Rome"... >> >> -- >> ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella >> I got my face in the furnace, I got my snake in a sleeve >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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