edtech — News in Games-Based Learning

Commercial video games, often designed for entertainment, can still provide meaningful educational value through gameplay, storytelling, and interactive design. This article explores how games like Assassin’s Creed, Portal 2, and Civilization VI foster skills such as historical understanding, collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving.

Dave EngOctober 22, 2026games, education, learning, edtech, gamingComment

Harnessing Video Games to Cultivate Social and Emotional Learning

In the book, How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, scholar Katherine Isbister observed that because of player agency, "Games have an additional palette of social emotions at their disposal." Suppose a student reads Victor Hugo's classic Les Misérables.

learning, video gamesDave EngJanuary 22, 2023Connected learning, digital learning, edtech, featured, research, youth well-being, newsComment

The Gamification Of EdTech: Virtual Learning On The Road To The Metaverse

Gamification complements traditional techniques and is a proven tool to enhance student motivation and learning outcomes, even during pandemic times, as noted by Frontiers in Psychology. Virtual learning can involve game-like simulated environments that bring adaptive learning opportunities-enabled by instant feedback-to both educators and students.