Video games are essentially complex systems that very young children can learn to navigate very quickly. What if we could leverage the skill with which games teach players to play? Consider the ...

Video games in education doesn’t have to mean educational video games. by Samit Sarkar. Apr 14, 2014, 10:00 PM UTC ...

To draw a parallel between video gaming and education may cause the more traditional educators to balk at the thought, but recent developments in the field of video game research reveal dramatic ...

Educational video games have great potential to hone critical-thinking skills, help teach academic curricula, and evaluate what students learn, concludes a report released last week by a prominent ...

Brda is one of 110 unpaid student testers at GlassLab, a nonprofit video game development group based at the California campus of publishing powerhouse Electronic Arts. The Gates and MacArthur ...

Originally scheduled for release in 2000, Aggie’s Digital Gallery is an educational video game designed to teach children about art history. It was developed by Really Big Enter ...

While the world of educational programming and video games is vast, not all offerings are created equal. So how is a parent or teacher to choose? Nadine Levitt, founder of the educational ...

Although alternate reality games have been, up to this point, only developed for entertainment, "World Without Oil" has inspired others to develop educational video games.

So the MIT Education Arcade is really leading the way, and there's also a teacher's arcade program, where they're showing that there is some effectiveness in using video games.

But some teachers and game designers say certain video games can have real educational value. “Well-done games are literature," said Orange County-based video-game designer Liz Fiacco.

Later this month, the U.S. Department of Education holds its first Games for Learning Summit in New York City, a gathering of educational experts, students, teachers, game publishers and developers.

There are 2.6 billion video game players in the world and their average age is 36, yet people still associate games with child-like and brain-numbing entertainment and there continues to be a lack ...