NEW
Course Offering
EDUC
222: Videogames & Learning
Winter 2009
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Prerequisites:
None
Intended
for: ALL undergraduates
Web Site:
Professor: Barry Fishman (fishman@umich.edu)
Why are videogames fun? The answer
isn’t as obvious as you might think. Good games draw you in, teach you how to
succeed, and keep you engaged with a “just right” level of challenge. Most
importantly, players learn while
playing a well-designed game. Why isn’t school like that? This class takes a
hard look at videogames, a hard look at education, and considers ways that each
can be improved to maximize learning and performance.