What is Games-Based Learning?
What is Games-Based Learning?
What is Games-Based Learning?
Games are pretty ubiquitous. You can find them in most places. I tend to really love my table top collection; but there are other gamers who are as easily attached to their mobile phones; tablets; PC’s or consoles.
If you’re a gamer, then great! We definitely have a lot in common and can share many of the things that make games a big part of our lives. That includes everything from competition and socialization to exploration and achievement.
But you might be on the fence about games if you’re an educator. Maybe you’ve played a few games on your phone. Perhaps you spent summers with your relatives playing Monopoly, Life, or checkers. Games and teaching have often been two separate things for you. But, you’ve never really thought about combining both of them.
Yet, there is an entire field of educators, designers, teacher, researchers, scholars, and professionals who are using games every day for teaching, learning, training and development. This is games-based learning.
This guide covers why we should use games for learning as well as includes a definition of games-based learning. Games-based learning often gets confused with gamification; so this guide will discuss the differences between the two. Lastly, the guide will cover how skills are developed through games-based learning as well as how to use games-based learning in your own practice.
Dave Eng, EdD
Principal
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