Taking fun seriously
Posted on: October 13, 2012
Here are nine reasons for dropping traditional online courses for games. Not so-called educational games, mind you. Just games, period.
- Games provide real choice
- Games are customized to the learner
- There is no next page button
- Games lock learners into their zone of proximal development
- Games encourage productive forms of failure
- Games immerse learners in context
- Games create active problem-solvers
- Games promote mastery with fun
