Why Academic Publishing is Destroying Civilization

Okay, yes, I am overreaching in the title of the post, but it was satisfying to write that because I am so massively frustrated by this.  The question is this: academic publishing – who thinks this model works? I was reading this blog post, and found myself nodding a lot http://judyrobertson.typepad.com/judy_robertson/2010/04/massive-con-perpetrated-by-academic-publishers.html I was trying to … Read more

Why Feedback in Games is Different

I did a short guest post on the blog of the LEEF Conference on why game feedback is different from feedback in learning.  You can see it here: http://leefblog.com/2010/03/learning-games-and-sims-all-about-the-feedback/ The LEEF (Learning and Entertainment Evolution Forum) Conference is shaping up to be pretty interesting, too: http://www.harrisburgu.edu/LEEF2010/index.php

Gameify the Future

There are about three different planned blog posts that I won’t need to write because you can just watch this video instead*. Jesse Schell** talks about the way that games will interact with the real world and how that can change our behavior [about 30 min, but riveting].  So much potential here (good and bad). … Read more