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Summary of a Literture Review on The Effectiveness of Instructional Games by Robert Hays

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Hays then makes 4 recommendations in the executive summary related to games, he also make some suggestions outside of the executive summary. Instructional support to help learners understand how to use the game increases the. instructional effectiveness of the gaming experience by allowing learners to focus on the.

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Summary of #Games Research Qualitative Literature Review Conducted by Fengfeng Ke

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Most of the time a meta-analysis of studies looks at only the numbers as a means of comparison. Here is an interesting qualitative meta-analysis and the highlights of the results.

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Animation as an Aid to Learning

Kapp Notes

Here is a quick summary of seven principles for animation indicated in a 2002 article by Richard E. Mayer and Roxana Moreno. In general, the two conclude that “animation can promote learner understanding when used in ways that are consistent with the cognitive theory of multimedia learning.”

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Serious Play Conference Resources

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Summary of #Games Research Qualitative Literature Review Conducted by Fengfeng Ke. They include the citations to the research I mentioned in the presentation. Here is a link to the 2KLearning web site. Articles of Interest. Three Guidelines for Effectively Integrating Games in the Classroom.

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Motivation and #Games: Motivational Theories for Instructional Games

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” Here is a brief summary and some related references. These ideas originated in work done by Mark Lepper, a researcher from Stanford University and Thomas Malone also a researcher from Stanford who’s work includes extensive investigations into why games are fun and motivational. The taxonomy was divided into two sections.

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Learning in 3D: Virtual Book Clubs Leverage Technology for Expanded Learning

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The following activities will happen every week: One or more people will be assigned to write a summary of the chapter on their blog (if they don’t have a blog, they email me the summary and I will publish it on this blog). The book club is under way.

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Motivational Considerations in the Study of Instruction

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Here is a summary of some of those principles. In the paper he discusses some principles for designing motivational instruction that I found useful. Lepper’s Four Instructional Design Principles for Intrinsic Motivation. Provide learners with a sense of control over the learning activity.

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