Examining Racial Attitudes In Virtual Spaces Through Gaming The national dialogue on race has progressed powerfully and painfully in the past year, and issues of racial bias in the news have become ubiquitous. However, for over a decade, researchers from MIT’s Imagination, Computation, and … [Read more...]

The desire to expand an ER waiting area leads to questions of how the room’s size will impact patient health outcomes. Owners of a theme park need to examine how changing a monorail system will alter guest movement across the grounds. A city manager contemplates how closing a street for an outdoor … [Read more...]

Drexel Senior Capstone Gamifies the Refugee Crisis for Good What are some things that a privileged individual from a first world country may think about when considering important components of a successful refugee camp? Shelter? Check. Medical care? Check. Food and water? Check. Phone charging … [Read more...]

Futures Forum on Learning: Tools Competition The Futures Forum on Learning: Tools Competition (“Tools Competition”) invites teachers, students, researchers, technologists, and ed tech leaders to propose a tool, technology, platform, or research project that can accelerate recovery from … [Read more...]

This Edtech Startup Is Using Gamification To Accelerate Learning For Students, Hiring For Corporates Hyderabad-based edtech startup EduThrill uses an AI/ML-powered gamified assessment platform that helps students and young professionals to prepare for competitive exams and allows corporates to … [Read more...]

This award-winning video game designed by Drexel students shows the plight of refugees Using a science fiction theme allowed Resilience's production team to "speak more allegorically about the refugee experience," Executive Producer Lily Lauben said. A humanitarian video game designed by … [Read more...]

Arkansan creates computer game to spread awareness of refugee crisis You, the player, are the camp manager. In order to win, you need to help your camp thrive while helping the Murians survive. LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — It's the age of technology where thousands of hours are spent on a computer or … [Read more...]

How Lenovo is Aiding the Emergence of VR In Education I attended an updated briefing from Lenovo this week on their education offerings, particularly those offered through their LanSchool acquisition. This acquisition and related service have been instrumental in getting schools to pivot to … [Read more...]

NetDragon Wins Another "Smart Campus" Tender in Fuzhou HONG KONG, -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company", Hong Kong Stock Code: 777), a global leader in building internet communities, is pleased to announce that the Company has recently won a tender project of Fuzhou … [Read more...]

VirtualSpeech Enhances E-Learning Courses With Live Training in Virtual Reality VirtualSpeech has launched a new tribrid learning model in response to COVID-19, made up of e-learning, VR training and 1-to-1 coaching in VR LONDON, -- VirtualSpeech, a virtual reality (VR) soft skills training … [Read more...]

U of A grad student designs game to help people overcome fear of spiders Augmented reality game lets users see and touch virtual spiders that get more realistic as they level up. By GEOFF McMASTER A University of Alberta fine arts student has designed an augmented … [Read more...]

Turn Your Love of Gaming Into a Career with the School of Game Design Who doesn’t love a great video game? Whether you’re simply relaxing with some Tetris on your phone after a long day or you’re glued to your gaming chair in an epic showdown with your friends on a digital battlefield, games … [Read more...]

Rochester Institute of Technology researchers create serious games to teach disaster management and resilience skills Hurricane Harvey simulations train emergency responders and citizens in spatial thinking Situations such as the coronavirus pandemic have heightened interest in the importance of … [Read more...]

BARISTA SIM The Coffee Shop Management Simulation Game for Everybody Baristasim, the new management simulation game for 11th & 12th grade students is live. Students start their coffee shop business, determine their strategy, make business decisions and see their results for a period of five … [Read more...]