After eight months of planning and mission rehearsal, all five U.S. Special Operations Command components did just that for the first time in conjunction with the 16th annual Air Force Special Operation Command hosted Emerald Warrior exercise.
Read MoreOne approach is simulation training: putting people in immersive, true-to-life scenarios where they practice skills acquisition in situations that replicate job conditions.
Read MoreThe earliest simulations with a focus on learning and improvement were wargames, and it could be argued that modern learning simulations, or even games-based learning as a field, has grown out the need for combatants to understand past strategies, and to develop and test new ones.
Read MoreGames are fun and engaging and increase learner motivation, which impacts learning outcomes. Games provide a sandbox environment in which learners can first receive guidance about how to carry out a complex activity.
Read MoreUnity Software, the multi-platform gaming engine behind League of Legends, Pokémon Go and Angry Birds, will license its digital simulation technology to assist the U.S military, Bloomberg reported.
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Read MoreChoose your plan "The officers did feel the training prevented them from using deadly force," Sgt. Joseph Cupo, who oversees training for the Inglewood Police Department, said of the June 2020 incident, weeks after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis launched a national conversation on public safety.
Read MoreMore interesting, and in stark contrast to their predecessors, the current crop is inextricably tied up in notions of work. Work sims are still niche in the sense that there's not a massive movement in gaming culture clamoring for them, as you see with RPGs, turn-based strategy games, and the like. In it, players drive old Soviet era work vehicles around expansive, dark forests.
Read MoreWhat are the biggest lessons learned or advancements in the project since it began? The team initially aimed to gather a catalogue of cyber security-related "Serious games" as well as to develop one or more prototype games.
Read MoreThe Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference is a three day event hosted by the Games-Based Learning Alliance (GBLA) and University XP. We expect our audience to be mainly from North America. However, we also have other members from Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia as well. The goal of our conference is to connect academics, educators, designers, researchers, creators and professionals in a space to discuss and share best practices using games, gamification, and games-based learning for teaching, learning, training, education, and development.
Read MoreAnyone who loves to play games should have some sense already of what they can do for you, but it is often going to be useful to have a look at it in some detail anyway. That way, you can be sure that you are going to get as much out of them as possible. It is also just interesting to know about what games can do to make your life better, especially in a world where they are often treated as unimportant or excessive. Let’s look into this now in some detail and see what games can be really good for.
Read MoreGamification is the use of game elements in non-game contexts. You can use games for learning. But where should you start? Where should you begin? Can you even use games for online learning? The answer is yes: there are a few elements of games that you can use for an online learning environment. In this webinar, we’ll review four different areas that you can use for your current or future classes, courses, and trainings. This session will cover: Simulations, Inverted Grading, Avatars, and Feedback Loops. Applications and use cases will be discussed.
Read MoreSchell Games, a studio based in Pittsburgh that built the VR action puzzler "I Expect You to Die," has regularly produced games for education and entertainment. With its new project, "Night Shift," Schell Games pivoted toward making a mobile game designed specifically for emergency room physicians.
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