Learning Types
Using games to teach students academic content
What is game-based learning?
Computer-based 3D simulations to be explored interactively
What is virtual reality?
Programs made for the purpose of academic instruction and learning
What is educational software?
Recreations or real-world situations in settings in a game-like format
What are simulation games?
A technological process where machines make 3D objects based on coded instructions
What is 3D printing?
An instructional aproach that prioritizes learning by making
What is maker-based learning?
Online learning evironments where students interact as game players
What are virtual worlds?
Students learning information without realizing they are doing so
What is stealth learning?
Games that are downloaded to a personal device
What are desktop-based games?
Areas in schools and libraries dedicated to enabling students to tinker, design, invent and construct
What is makerspaces?
An instructional approach organized around problems for the student to solve
What is problem-based learning?
An online identity that is adopted when playing games
What is an avatar?
Using game playing to motivate people to use technology for a specific purpose
What is gamification?
Digital games for learning
What are serious games?
A do-it-yourself community where people create and build objects of all kinds using technology
What is the Maker Movement?