The first issue of the iSMART project newsletter provides information about the aims of the project and its first outcomes. Read the reports about user needs and concept development for creating tools supporting education of children with...
Do you know that suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students? The main cause of suicides is untreated depression. (http://www.suicide.org/college-student-suicide.html)
Six percent of undergraduate students and 4% of...
eSkills for Jobs 2014 is a major cross sector, multi-stakeholder campaign from the European Commission, involving more than 650 organisations across Europe including companies, associations, education and training bodies and NGOs. The aim of the...
One of the most interesting current uses of games in education is the Quest to Learn school in New York, US (q2l.org). This innovative New York (US) high school is based on an approach to learning based on the principles that make video games...
Serious games play an important role in the teacher education study programs at the Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana. They are used as learning materials in some courses, but even more important for our students is their active...
There has been a marked increase in the use of commercial-off-the-shelf games for learning and, in some cases, a steady move towards the adaptation of these games or their game engines, for more specific uses in the field of education. One such...
When I was asked to make a Flash game available for the iPad, which does not support Flash, and other mobile devices, I decided after a series of experiment to rebuild it in HTML5. I was confronted with a series of interesting but challenging...
Are you looking for good quality educational videos? Visit the EduTube site which is full of featured videos created for educational purposes. It is a very good source not only to be used during the lessons but it can also be used in various serious...
