How Game-Based And Traditional Learning Are Different
The premise behind games is that they allow players to experience simulations that can elicit the responses in the brain as actually doing the activity.
The premise behind games is that they allow players to experience simulations that can elicit the responses in the brain as actually doing the activity.
Traditional goals—(winning)—are replaced by a self-selected, self-paced, and even artistic expression of the interaction with the game.
From Portal 2 and Sim City to Animal Crossing and Red Dead Redemption, these games are compelling primary learning resources.