Where's the fun?

Post on 27-Jun-2015

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What's wrong with Educational games, and how we can improve them. Given at #LEGup 2nd Birthday

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@preloaded / @philstuart

Where’s the FUN?

Informal Formal(“wanna”) (“havta”)

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99% educational games SUCK

(why so sucky?)

The measure of quality is wrong

Make fun a prerequisite

Designers = Educators

Collaborate to improve learning

Good games are expensive

#edtech and #gbl is hot.Use £££ to boost quality

✓ Make fun a prerequisite✓ Collaborate to improve learning✓ Use investment to boost quality

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