VR Is The Future Of Education Virtual Reality (VR) has evolved over the years, with the first physical VR machine being produced in 1956! With technology becoming more and more sophisticated as we enter the 21st Century, it’s no surprise that VR now has a firm imprint on how we teach, and the … [Read more...]

The Go Viral! Game Makes a Person Better at Spotting Misinformation “Prebunking” strengthens a person’s awareness of the manipulative tactics that characterize misinformation. An online game called “Go Viral!” teaches players how misinformation works, as they try to win by making fake news … [Read more...]

Esports & Education: How HBCUS are Leveling The Field The Wilson Center's Serious Games Initiative, with leadership from Johnson C. Smith University, invites you to a virtual program with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) leaders to discuss the state of esports on campuses. … [Read more...]

Stanford Researcher Helps Create Games for People with Aphasia, or Language Impairment Graduate student and game designer Kathryn Hymes joined speech pathologists, fellow designers and people with aphasia – a disorder affecting communication – to develop three games that support language recovery … [Read more...]

Cultural Exchange Goes Virtual for International Game Prototyping Course RIT students collaborate to create games with students around the globe, from Japan to Senegal International travel may be limited, but it hasn’t stopped RIT game developers from collaborating with students across the world … [Read more...]

New MIT Sloan Study Applies Gamification Techniques to Improve Online Teaching Techniques and Learning Outcomes for Students Researchers share videos on their journey into online learning and advice on setting up a home studio CAMBRIDGE, Mass., - Online learning offers the opportunity to engage a … [Read more...]

The University of Vermont Receives nearly $400K for ‘Serious Games’ to Promote Healthy Food Policy An interdisciplinary team of University of Vermont researchers is using video game technology to inform decision-making around policies to increase access to healthy foods. The University of … [Read more...]

After Becker's Closing, Clark to Absorb Game Design, Esports Programs Becker College will stop operations at the close of the spring semester, but a few of its best-known programs will live on through a Worcester neighbor, Clark University. Clark said -   just hours after Becker announced it … [Read more...]

Higher Education Game-based Learning Market 2021 Global Industry Forecast Analysis, Competitive Landscape and Key Regions Analysis Serious games used in higher education are an effective way to engage students in learning activities, since they stimulate cognitive processes like problem-solving … [Read more...]

Our New Digital Colleagues and Friends Higher education is not immune to the AI revolution. In this COVID-19 era, chat bots powered by AI have come to the aid of students and others who are in need of information, referrals and help. Utilizing deep learning functions, artificially intelligent bots … [Read more...]

Dr. Kimberly Hieftje, Yale School of Medicine, Named Editor-in-Chief of Games for Health Journal   Kimberly Hieftje, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, has officially assumed the role as incoming Editor-in-Chief of Games for Health Journal (G4HJ), the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to … [Read more...]

https://youtu.be/zUtqvp1LIcM ‘The Museum of Other Realities’ Free to Visit The Museum of Other Realities (MOR), the immersive multiplayer art museum for virtual reality, is temporarily open to the public for free in celebration of select British XR artists, who are presenting their works via a … [Read more...]

Big Rig Maintenance Game Features ASU Program ASU is participating in a new augmented reality video game through a partnership with the American Trucking Association’s Technology and Maintenance Council. The game titled TMCSuperTech: The Game, is designed to attract and foster a new generation of … [Read more...]

Lessons Learned from Teaching Game Design I’ve spent the past six months teaching game design at the Cologne Game Lab, a German university dedicated to the study of digital games. In this blog post, I want to share what I’ve learned during the process and condense it down into five practical rules … [Read more...]

Pioneering California University Launches New Virtual Reality Pilot to Train Aspiring Nurses National University uses federal grant to offer innovative, immersive community health care simulation experience LA JOLLA, CALIF. (February 3, 2021) — National University, a nonprofit institution … [Read more...]

Dallas College Awarded $10 Million Grant to Support High-Tech Career Training The college was one of only five higher education institutions in the country selected to participate in a $145 million program Dallas College has been awarded $10 million in workforce development funds by the U.S. … [Read more...]

Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy Facilitates Donation of Learning Games The School of Education and Social Policy’s Office of Community Education Partnerships helped facilitate the donation of approximately 9,200 Osmo sampler kits to children and educators in Evanston … [Read more...]