Henry Lowood, curator for the history of science and technology collections at Stanford University libraries, is in charge of a major project involving the archiving of 25,000-plus video games.
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Serious games (SGs) or persuasive games are computer and video games used as persuasion technology or educational technology. They can be similar to educational games, but are often intended for an audience outside of primary or secondary education. Serious games can be of any genre and many of them can be considered a kind of edutainment.
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Monday, 9 April 2007
Game collector is archiving the best
Monday, 19 March 2007
Computer game to boost key skills
Modified computer games aimed at disaffected learners could help win the war against poor basic skills.
Computer science teachers at West Nottinghamshire College were struggling to get their teenage students into literacy and numeracy classes.
So they took apart Atari's popular computer game Neverwinter Nights and rebuilt it with educational challenges the player must meet to progress.
Success rates in key skills at the Mansfield college has trebled to 94%.
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