By: Joanne Oh Source: JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash   We know from Part 1 how learning transfers from one context to another, and we know from Part 2 how to encourage this transfer more explicitly, but what makes video games in particular a productive environment for learning? Lieberman, Biely, Thai, and Peinado (2014) suggest four areas…

By: Joanne Oh Source: Pexels, Jessica Lewis   In Part 1, we looked at 6 ways learning can transfer to different contexts. Given that we know players can learn a variety of skills from playing video games, and that they are able to apply these skills to contexts outside of video games, how can we…

By Joanne Oh Can managing resources in games like Minecraft benefit classroom education? It depends on the success of a capacity called transfer of learning, which occurs when existing knowledge and skills learned in one context are applied to a new task in a new situation.   Source: Patricia Prudente on Unsplash   Many scholars…