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Can Social Games Change the Way We Learn?
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- Online games that utilize the power of a person’s social graph have proven to be incredibly compelling, addictive and successful. In this panel, we’ll examine how social game design principles can be extended to the education space and determine if a new way of learning is on the horizon.
- Questions
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- What exactly is social gaming?
- What aspects of social gaming can help people learn?
- What educational social games have been built so far?
- Games have been used for years in the education space, how is social gaming different?
- Are educators on board for introducing social gaming into the education process?
- How can social gaming change the traditional teacher / student educational model?
- Why is it taking so long for great games to be designed for educational purposes?
- What are some example of failures in this space?
- What are best practices for designing a social game for learning?
- How does the rise of mobile gaming affect this space?
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Category:
- Education
- Type:
- Panel
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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