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Researcher at U-I creates educational game about the flu

A University of Iowa researcher whose two-year-old son died from influenza in early 2020 has helped develop an online game to teach children about about the flu and the importance of vaccines. U-I biology professor Maurine Neiman is co-creator of the game, "Flu's Clues," where players try to determine which countries around the world are seeing flu outbreaks.

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What Video Games Can Teach About Teaching

In his landmark 2003 book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy James Paul Gee detailed the ways video games do a better job of facilitating literacy learning than education institutions. Now is the perfect time to revisit the principles of why video games are so good at teaching and learning in ways most virtual classes don't seem to be.

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A serious gamed-based approach to assessing surgical residents

A team of Stanford Medicine-based surgeons has paired up with a UC-Santa Cruz "Serious game" developer and assistant professor, Edward Melcer, PhD, to create a game-based online platform for assessing surgical decision making. The patient's vital signs are displayed overhead. A medical chart provides a brief synopsis of the patient's signs and symptoms.

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Is There a Way to Combine Games and Education?

Is there a way to combine games and education? And if so, what are the benefits? Can games ever be beneficial to learning? Peachy Essay will help you with any writing services. Benefits of Using Games in Education One of the main arguments for using games in education is motivation. More benefits include; Games are Motivating One of the main benefits of using games in education is motivation.

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Playing Games Has Helped Humans Learn—and Survive

Alt dek: In. both games and life, how well you prepare in the early stages could determine how well you do in the later ones. It's a game called Muck, and it's another in a long line of contemporary survival video games. It's a delicate mix of entertainment and strategy, yet on a much deeper level, playing games may contribute to our overall evolutionary survival.

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Virtual games teach students how to work in intimate partner violence situations

A new project team - funded by a UCalgary Teaching and Learning grant - is developing virtual gaming simulations to educate students from the faculties of Nursing, Law and Social Work how to address childhood exposure to intimate partner violence. For law students, simulations are not a new experience, and UCalgary students participate in numerous moots and mock trials throughout their legal education.

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