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Game-Based Learning Gains Steam in Higher Education: Triseum Raises $1.43 Million to Transform Educational Experiences for Students

EdNews Daily

million, on the heels of their official market launch and initial game release due June 1st, 2016, raising the total investment to nearly $2 million. Triseum has grown to over thirty staff, incorporating former Texas A&M University students, professors and leading experts in game development from around the country.

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How to Roll Out Game-Based Learning—and Boost Engagement—in Your Classroom

Edsurge

History in Baltimore City Public Schools, I was always looking for new ways to engage my students. When Vadim Polikov—my childhood friend and a successful entrepreneur—approached me with a game-based learning business idea in the summer of 2015, I jumped at the idea. . Student Engagement.

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How Research-Informed Games May Result in Deep Learning Experiences

Edsurge

Games can be particularly effective for engaging learners, promoting active participation and motivating students, both in and outside of the classroom. But for SplashLearn CEO Arpit Jain, it is important to make a distinction between gamification and game-based learning (GBL).

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

So, in order to prepare for the inevitable blended learning for this fall, the first professional development goal for all of us should be to make sure we have mastered blended learning. Play-Based Learning Play can be incorporated into learning at any age. Check out the course 17.

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8 LMS features that support student autonomy in the classroom and beyond

Neo LMS

Learn how your school LMS can empower students and help them become efficient autonomous learners. . Why is student autonomy in the classroom so important? The benefits of student autonomy in the classroom and, in general, in life, are undeniable. At the same time, each student has a different learning pace.

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Developing Academic Language Supports Equity

Digital Promise

Children who do not hear English spoken at home, for example, rarely hear in English the words that matter in academics. Students whose parents have not attended college, or even high school, can also be at a disadvantage in school due to the lack of recognition of academic language. Game-based learning is one key strategy.

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

Learning with 'e's

We recorded micro-teaches - usually a 10 minute lesson - and then played back the footage to the students so they could see and hear themselves and learn from the experience. I wrote about other examples of the power of educational video in a previous post. Today, video use in the classroom is more commonplace. Parlour, A.

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