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Looking Back, Looking Forward

Posted in Games, Online Community, Trends, tagged , , , on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Happy Anniversary to Us! Our Online Course Development team blog started 1 year ago. Let’s take a quick trip back through the archives to look at what themes we’ve covered so far. If you’re new to our blog and missed anything, or just want to review, remember all these posts are still accessible in the [...]

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WolfQuest: Teaching Ecology Through A Game

Posted in Games, tagged , , on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Courtesy of Karl Kapp, I found a free game for teaching wolf ecology called WolfQuest. This game was created by the Minnesota Zoo and EduWeb. The main audience is 10- to 13-year-olds.
In the game, you create a wolf and play from the wolf’s perspective. You need to hunt, interact with other wolves, find a mate, [...]

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New Course: Simulations and Gaming Technologies for the Classroom Online

Posted in Games, Instructional Design, New Courses, Technology, tagged , , , , , on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There is a great disconnect between how we teach our children in school and how they learn outside of the classroom. Students multitask and communicate in ways that we, their teachers, were not able to as children. Technology is second nature to them and video games are playgrounds. Why not take advantage of that fact [...]

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