Digital Gaming Goes Academic

Extracted 22JAN2012 from http://tinyurl.com/49xjwgs

Experts say technology and research have evolved to the point where educators can actually have a sense of the impact of games on individual learners...

Ron Tarr, the program manager of advanced-performance technologies at the Institute of Simulation and Training at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, has built game-based training programs for government, private industry, and K-12 education.

Focusing on outcomes—what you want students to take away from the game—is the highest priority, he says...