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Webinar | Level Up: Gamifying an Asynchronous Course on Designing Games for Learning through Modeling, Authenticity, and Learner Autonomy

Online

While the success of digital games in education continues to validate the improvement to motivation, engagement and social influence (Groening & Binnewies, 2019; Lopez & Tucker, 2019), the impact for asynchronous adult education remains ambiguous. In a substantial course redesign, we attempted to address notable aspects of gamification within a course that teaches how to…

Ready (Head) Set Go!! Virtual Reality Immersive Simulation for Interprofessional Education – The “I Belong” project

Bartlett Theatre HPC 701 E. 2nd Street, Pomona

Come try out the Virtual Reality Immersive Simulation for Interprofessional Education created by an interprofessional research team at WesternU. This workshop will provide you with an understanding of the technology and hand-ons experience to jumpstart your own immersive education project.   Learning objectives:   1) Describe how technology in the classroom can be used as…

InteresTED – The Game that Can Give you 10 Extra Years of Life

Zoom

When game designer, Jane McGonigal, found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience – and promises to add 7.5 minutes…