Quest to Learn, ou les leçons du jeu appliquées à l'éducation Des projets ambitieux en éducation, il y en a eu des tonnes. Des réformes puissantes qui « allaient révolutionner les méthodes d'apprentissage ». En réalité, bien peu d'entre elles ont été appliquées assez longtemps pour porter leurs fruits. Jane McGonigal IFTF Research AffiliateChief Creative Officer, SuperBetter Labs Jane McGonigal is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games—or, games that are designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. She believes game designers are on a humanitarian mission—and her #1 goal in life is to see a game developer win a Nobel Peace Prize. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Penguin Press, 2011), and currently serves as Creative Director for Social Chocolate, where she is making games powered by the science of positive emotion and social connection.
L’école dont vous êtes le héros DE NOTRE HORS-SÉRIE - Créer des jeux vidéo, gérer un réseau social ou monter des podcasts, tels sont les cours donnés aux élèves de Quest to Learn, un collège new-yorkais considéré comme précurseur par certains spécialistes de l’éducation. Un matin de l’hiver dernier à New York, à l’intérieur d’une école publique tout ce qu’il y a de plus classique, dans une salle ordinaire, Al Doyle, professeur de collège, donne un cours un peu différent des cours habituels. A 54 ans, cet enseignant est un vétéran de l’éducation, avec trente-deux années passées à faire cours un peu partout dans Manhattan, où il enseignait à l’origine le graphisme et l’infographie.
Cow Clicker I made a Facebook game about Facebook games, called Cow Clicker. You can go play it on Facebook now, or you can see some screenshots on on this site. Here's the short description, from the page just linked: What's wrong with educational games (and how we can fix them) I’ve been designing, building, playing and promoting educational games (both digital and non-digital) all my working life. Starting out as a TEFL teacher, games were a huge component of my classes: from number games with little kids to complex role plays with adults. As I began to work more with digital media I started to design games for web and mobile: everything from location-based drawing games to a million-selling multi-level world for kids to learn English. Games provide a unique environment in which students can step out of their everyday persona and try on new ways of thinking and behaving. I’ve never had to think too hard about whether games are a good thing for learning – it’s a no-brainer for me, and should be for anyone with an ounce of common sense. And yet, for all my tub-thumping about how great games are as a tool for learning, I’ve found myself let down time and time again by the quality of most educational games.
[Infographie] En quoi la gamification pourrait bien révolutionner l’apprentissage et le monde de l’éducation - FormaVox Pour terminer en douceur cette semaine consacrée aux Serious Games – et avant de remettre le couvert à ce sujet la semaine prochaine – j’aimerais partager avec vous quelques statistiques concernant la gamification de l’éducation. Comprenez par là le fait de rendre l’apprentissage plus ludique et d’intégrer le jeu (présentiel ou en ligne) dans les dispositifs pédagogiques. En anglais, il s’agit d’une approche que l’on nomme Game-Based Learning (GBL).
Newsmaker: James Gee on Why the Power of Games to Teach Remains Unrealized Gee: “We need to begin to get teams of people — game designers, content people, assessment people, learning people — who can get on the same page.” For more than a decade, James Paul Gee has been writing about the potential power of games and game mechanics to change the way we learn, to create new “deep” learners. But in this newsmaker interview Gee says most of the possibilities of games remain unfulfilled as the American education system continues to focus on tests and fact retention.
David Hayward's Blog - Zynga: The Future, Or Just A Bit Of It? The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. (Originally posted at Pixel-Love, Pixel-Lab's company blog) A couple of years ago you couldn't turn a corner at GDC without hearing about casual games. This year, the term was "social games", and they seem to have set off some major jitters. Mindshift's Guide To Game-Based Learning MindShift Guide to Digital Games and Learning How can games unlock a rich world of learning? This is the big question at the heart of the growing games and learning movement that’s gaining momentum in education.