Hello all! This blog is a way for me to formulate an idea for a doctoral thesis on video games and education. I wanted to study instructional/ educational video games and their effectiveness in the classroom because in my educational experience, I played a lot of educational video games in the classroom and they played a very important part of the learning process for me.
As I started looking into the available research, I found their is not enough substantial research on why the games are beneficial. Sure, there are plenty of articles and blogs but here are little academic journal entries on the subject.
Other times in this blog, I will be observing trends in video games industry and making notes on my feeling on what is going on in the world of gaming.
Lastly, I will blog about my experience with educational games and hopefully this will provide some insight into my research and reflections that will help me stay on track and motivated to achieve my goals.
Thanks,
Nicole
