Playing Games to Learn How to Design Games

What's all the fuss about games? Come to this session and find out! Learn why games are such a powerful learning tool and explore how tabletop, experiential, and digital games can all be part of your learning strategy. You'll leave with a clear understanding of how the kind of fun people experience in commercial games differs from the kind of fun you need in learning games, as well as a checklist of best practices to use when incorporating games into your learning solutions. You'll understand how games link to learning, and you'll practice using an evaluation checklist when playing games so you can build a toolbox of ideas to incorporate into your own learning games.