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…
Year: 2018
2 Ways Video Games Encourage Transfer of Learning
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…
6 Ways Playing Educational Video Games Can Support Learning
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…