{"id":6941,"date":"2024-02-18T22:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T05:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:32:27","slug":"week-7-game-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2024\/02\/18\/week-7-game-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Game-Based Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Ready, Player 1.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine a learning experience that transcends traditional methods, captivating students while fostering critical thinking, collaboration and problem-solving skills. The engaging and intrinsically motivating element of video games has caught the attention of educators and is making its way into the classrooms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re not going to want to miss out. <strong>Welcome to Week 7: Game-Based Learning!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research is showing that video games are not only insanely fun, they are also an effective way to learn! To learn more about this topic, take a look at our site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/hcschool.ca\/522gamebasedlearning?usp=sharing\">https:\/\/sites.google.com\/hcschool.ca\/522gamebasedlearning?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to browse the site at your own pace for the week. Although we\u2019d love to break it up and give you tasks to complete throughout, we also know how demanding our lives are and appreciate your insights and feedback at any time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try some games out and let us know what you like and what you might not enjoy as much. Answer some discussion questions on the Padlets available on the site and be sure to also respond to the thread on this page!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What challenges might educators face when implementing game-based learning in the classroom, and how can these be overcome?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can you share examples of successful game-based learning experiences you&#8217;ve encountered or heard about?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What games do you remember playing at school as a young student? Were they effective?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can educators assess and measure the effectiveness of game-based learning in terms of student outcomes?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you had the opportunity to give every one of your students a VR headset and \u201ctake them on a trip\u201d anywhere in the world to enrich their learning experience, where are you headed and why?\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Have fun and enjoy the week!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlo &amp; Nik&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready, Player 1.&nbsp; Start.&nbsp; Imagine a learning experience that transcends traditional methods, captivating students while fostering critical thinking, collaboration and problem-solving skills. The engaging and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2024\/02\/18\/week-7-game-based-learning\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Game-Based Learning<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":96691,"featured_media":6942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[59,73,68],"class_list":["post-6941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a2-opportunity-forecast","tag-a2","tag-game-based-learning","tag-opportunity-forecast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7412,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions\/7412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}