According to Kurt Squire, videogames have emerged as an important new medium, shaping how we play, interact, and learn. His research interest is in how such gaming technologies can be used to support learning in educational settings.

Videogames are emerging as a new medium for learning. Advances in modding technologies, graphic libraries, and game editors are making the creation of educational gaming a multi-million dollar industry. However, how to create effective game-based learning experiences remains not well understood. Games demand both pedagogies and new software development processes. As researchers, design-based approaches can give us key insights into how the medium operates and how people learn through interactions with media.

His work has three overlapping components: (1) Researching learning through participation in game-based learning environments, (2) The analysis of games and game cultures in naturally occurring contexts, and (3) The design of original game-based media for learning.

These studies investigate game-based learning design methods, processes, and theory.

Teachers may find it useful to monitor his literature and his other online material, including his Star School project.

Kudos, Ken.


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