Are games the solution to any educational challenge?

The first question that any educational game designer should ask is not whether or not games are efficient learning tools (yes, they are!) but how they are going to accomplish their learning objectives. Without doubt the interest of educators and…Read more
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Game Design Education Workshops

During the last month, I was asked to organize and facilitate some game design workshops for educators in the area of Thessaloniki. The workshops focused on the area of educational games and their impact on learning and student engagement in…Read more
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A Halloween themed game for the iOS

Spook Boy: Monsters, Ghouls & Ghosts is a game designed by Playcompass & the Mynt Design some years ago. The game features a teenage boy, given the task to protect the non-fantasy realms of this world by guarding the gate…Read more
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How to design immersive game experiences: Mastering norms

Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form. Educational game design is strongly linked with sociocultural aspects of individual groups. Players have already defined expectations since they have played several games. They have seen movies,…Read more
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Game design & creativity

George Land and Beth Jarman in their book Breakpoint and Beyond: Mastering the Future Today, present their famous experiment with the paper clip. The researchers wanted to examine the resourcefulness of the over a thousand students during their life in…Read more
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The power of creativity in the structuring of a better school

Today, I participated in the 9th IMCL conference, dedicated to the design and creation of mobile learning platforms. Listening to the presentation of Petros Lameras, discussing about the power of Creativity in Entrepreneurship Education, I couldn’t help but remember once again…Read more
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