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Research Roundup: Gaming Builds Future-Facing Skills

What do creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration all have in common? They’re all future-facing skills, of course! Beyond these 4 C’s, future-facing skills also include media literacy, problem-solving, leadership, digital citizenship, and more. You may also know them as “21st-century skills,” which, as defined by Education Reform, are a “… broad set of knowledge,…

October 19, 2022 // Alyssa Froehling

5 Excellent Gaming Communities and Organizations

Even if they’re more into single-player games, gamers need community! Communities serve vital roles in the gaming industry, whether they’re helping people connect to one another amidst a global pandemic, providing career mentorship, or looking out for the safety, enjoyment, and success of gamers who have been historically marginalized and left out of conversations around…

December 15, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

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Game-based Learning and Passion-based Learning

I think this is it. I think we’ve found it. A duo to rival the widely heralded perfect pair, game-based learning and STEM. What duo is this, you ask? Game-based learning and passion-based learning. via CBR Pictured from left to right: Passion-based learning, game-based learning, and STEM What is passion-based learning? We’re not referencing the…

November 29, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Using Digital Games to Teach Collaboration

For students or employees – for anyone who interacts with others on a regular basis, really – collaboration is a fundamental skill. It’s also one of the 4 Cs of 21st-century learning. Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and reaching goals can become even easier when one knows how to work well with others. Research (and more research!) has…

October 25, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Using Games to Teach Content Creation

Gaming habits could lead a player right to their career path. In last week’s blog, we discussed the 4 C’s of 21st-century skills (or as we like to call them, “future-facing skills”): critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity. There are plenty of educational games to help develop these skills, but how do these capabilities translate…

September 15, 2021 // Alyssa Froehling

Educational Games and Project-based Learning

Educational games and project-based learning are a natural, delightful pairing – like peanut butter and jelly, or Wario and Waluigi. Via Gfycat Whether you’re looking to teach coding, robotics, or maybe even some future-facing 21st century skills, a project-based approach to learning has proven potency. As rich multimedia offerings, games are an ideal medium for…

September 13, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

Game-based Learning for 21st Century Skills

“21st century skills” is a funny phrase. In the education world, we use this terminology to represent the skills needed for success in the modern workforce, but in a very literal sense, the phrase 21st century skills might sound like a set of abilities you needed for success 20 years ago. (Come on people, we’re…

September 8, 2021 // Brandon Pittser

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