{"id":109,"date":"2013-10-12T16:58:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T23:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2013-10-14T07:59:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T14:59:56","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Welcome to the Emerging Market Analysis on Game-Based Learning<\/h3>\n<p>We are really excited to present to you our Emerging Market Analysis presentation on Game-Based Learning. Throughout the week we will ask you to <em><strong>read<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>watch<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>view<\/strong><\/em><em><strong><\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>comment <\/strong><\/em>and <em><strong>participate<\/strong><\/em> to engage your learning on the subject of gaming in education. We thank you in advance for all your participation this week and hope you find our presentation both enjoyable and informative.<\/p>\n<p>Start the week by reading our introduction, learning about the team and participating in a survey about your own experience with<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/files\/2013\/10\/AtariController1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/files\/2013\/10\/AtariController1-300x178.png\" width=\"448\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a> game-based learning.<\/p>\n<p>Proceed to the Background section where you will learn about the theory, criticism, history and challenges of the educational gaming industry.<\/p>\n<p>After that, you will be introduced to the market itself, and learn about some of the major players in educational gaming.<\/p>\n<p>From here, it&#8217;s time to put your analytical skills to the test, as you play and rate a crop of educational games for the educational value and marketability.<\/p>\n<p>Finish by sharing your thoughts on the future of game-based education, and the use of video games as a tool for learning.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing! If you are ever unsure what to do next, simply click the <strong>Level Up!<\/strong> button at the bottom of each screen to take you to the next section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/the-team\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/files\/2013\/10\/level-up.png\" width=\"285\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/files\/2013\/10\/level-up.png 407w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/files\/2013\/10\/level-up-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Emerging Market Analysis on Game-Based Learning We are really excited to present to you our Emerging Market Analysis presentation on Game-Based Learning. Throughout the week we will ask you to read, watch, view, comment and participate to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19107,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gamebasedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}