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Play, Click, Learn: Understanding Globalization Processes through a Virtual World Tour developed by Ncite

Ncite and Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen in Germany developed a new E-Learning format that enriches the university course program in Global Awareness Education. Access to the New Aula is blocked, but those who have found two bones from the skeleton of Tübingosaurus meierfritzorum are granted entry. Inside, you receive the necessary bus ticket to…
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The first Educational Game: A flight simulator

Ed Link built the first flight simulator in 1927.  The US patent office declared it a “novel  amusement device”.  In 1934, 9 Army Corps pilots died in a three week period. At the time, there was a 1 in  10 chance that a pilot trainee would die in training. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt called…
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Experiential Learning: Discovering and experiencing ideas for yourself when playing video games

A problem for learning  Learning is tough. Student performance is based upon their ability to remember and  apply what is learned. Learning is hard because our brain chemistry resists change,  unless the brain deems information important enough to remember for its survival. The  brain determines importance based on context and relevance, found in the way…
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Video Games – The high engagement transformation delivery system

Your Brain on Games.   Our brains are designed to pay more attention to emotionally charged situations. We  are drama addicts in one form or another. In this way daytime TV is no different than  mixed martial arts or the latest Twilight movie. Our brains are designed to enter into a  heightened state of observation when…
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Your Brain on Games

The brain is not built for change – A brief journey into the science of the brain and how video games play with your hormones According to Evolutionary Neuroscientists like Professor Daniel Wolpert of Cambridge,  our brains developed a large capacity for memory and a frontal cortex to predict the  future, not like a fortune…
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Best practices in game-based learning

Game simulations for employee training Proven success in transferring skills learned playing a videogame into the workplace A few years ago Coca-Cola went through a reorganization and formed a new business unit from four European territories. They called the new unit the Northwest Europe and Nordics or NWEN. In the reorganization, teams that once were…
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Educational games get children excited about learning

Educational games excite young minds Educational games help teachers connect with students Educational games make learning and teaching fun Today’s children are growing up in the digital age. Screens are part of virtually every household, and kids’ attention is too often commanded by social media, video games, and streaming sites. And while these tools may…
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