Hi all,
We want to close this Learnopoly session with a post we recently made to the CALMet Commons blog at http://www.calmet.org/.
It begins with this provocative quote from Marshall McLuhan: "Anyone who makes a distinction between games and learning doesn’t know the first thing about either.” Do you agree? Have you ever heard instructional simulations referred to as "serious games"?
Games and Learning is a short article based on the video we used to kick off Learnopoly, but it includes some additional references and several more complete points. We hope to develop some further discussion there while CALMet Online moves forward to its final 4 sessions. We hope you will use the COMMETS feature on the CALMet Commons blog to share about your experiences with games and thoughts about Games and Learning? We hope to hear from you about the following questions:
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Think about the games (or sports) you have played in your life, maybe the ones you played most often. What skills and lessons have they taught you that you still carry with you today?
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Have you ever played learning games in school as a child? We suspect that you have. What did you learn? What was your experience in learning?
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Have you ever played learning games as an adult learner? What was your experience in those situations?
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Can you think of any applications for using Game-Based Learning in your training? What would you need to do to make that happen?
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Thanks again for participating.
Patrick and Maja