INF541: Game based learning Part C Reflection

Part C: Reflection When I first posted the Assessment 1 blog task for this course I never would have expected to be sitting here in my study on a Monday (instead of teaching in my classroom), undertaking my 10th week of online teaching and learning for my first-grade class. Google Meet and online platforms have become our new educational normal. If we are ever to have an opportunity to reshape what education means and can look like in the 21st century the time is now. The use of games for the development of 21st-century skills Read More …

INF541: Assessment 4 Part A & B

Assessment 4 Part A Part B: Game Project- Intruder in the Science Lab! Context The chosen context for this Game-based learning project was a first-grade cohort within an American curriculum International School located in South Korea. 95% of the cohort speak English as an Additional Language (EAL). Currently, the main mode of instruction is through online learning and this is taken into account for the design and use of this project. The students are familiar with the chosen platform for design; Kahoot. To reach students in the distance learning environment the Starter Guide to Distance Read More …

Game-based Learning INF541: Assessment 1 Blog Task

As an early-childhood trained educator, I have a solid understanding of how play and learning go together. GBL (Game-based learning) I feel is a currently underutilized and misunderstood resource that teachers could be incorporating to help our students learn and develop their love of learning. However, my current understanding is that there are barriers to this that need to be recognized, discussed and evaluated in order to reach the goal of authentically incorporating GBL to modern classrooms where teachers are the key. Smith (2016) made some very interesting points that showed we should perhaps be Read More …