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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Hirumi, Atsusi; Appelman, Bob; Rieber, Lloyd; Van Eck, Richard – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
In this three part series, four professors who teach graduate level courses on the design of instructional video games discuss their perspectives on preparing instructional designers to optimize game-based learning. Part I set the context for the series and one of four panelists discussed what he believes instructional designers should know about…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Video Games, Educational Technology, Educational Games
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Hirumi, Atsusi; Appelman, Bob; Rieber, Lloyd; Van Eck, Richard – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
As noted in part I of this article (published in "TechTrends 54"(3)), advances in technology continue to outpace research on the design and effectiveness of instructional (digital video) games. In general, instructional designers know little about game development, commercial video game developers know little about training, education and…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Video Games, College Faculty, Educational Technology
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Hirumi, Atsusi; Appelman, Bob; Rieber, Lloyd; Van Eck, Richard – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
Like many rapidly growing industries, advances in video game technology are far outpacing research on its design and effectiveness. Relatively little is understood about how to apply what we know about teaching and learning to optimize game-based learning. For the most part, instructional designers know little about game development and video game…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Video Games, Computer Science Education