Interesting Challenges in Learning Games

Interesting Challenges in Learning Games


What do you find most interesting about using Games for Learning YOURSELF? and What do you PERSONALLY consider the biggest challenge to using Games for Learning in your Learning Environment?
The most interesting part of games for learning like I have mentioned in my responses before is implementation. This school has found a way not only to integrate but more importantly implement some very favorable techniques, methods, and strategies to obtain the most advantages from gaming to learn. We can talk about integration all day and all the benefits and what we can do to make sure it’s relevant for our learners. But having actual plans for implementation is “a-whole-nother” story.

 However, I think that implementation is also the biggest challenge as well. As educators and coming from someone who has sat in on countless meetings that focus on how to implement an initiative for hours just to have the same people leave the meeting and talk amongst themselves about how it can’t be done, the strategies won’t work, everyone won’t cooperate, there is no real implementation process, and I could go on and on. It was truly impressive to see a school recognize the problem, devise reasonable solutions, integrate technology holistically, and implement a plan that motivates students, encourage creativity and higher order thinking, and glorifies learning gratification with results to back it up.