On Saturday, December 5th, 2009 at 10 a.m. ET, the DARPA Network Challenge will launch, literally. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Internet, the DoD research agency is hosting a contest to see how social networking can aid in solving time-sensitive problems with a geographically dispersed team.
To claim the $40,000 prize, you (and presumably [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Collaboration’
NextGen eLearning And World Of Warcraft®
Posted in Articles, tagged Collaboration, Community, eLearning, Entertainment, Games on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
eLearning, Community development, Technology, and Fun — all these impact and work together in changing the exciting landscape of online learning for the next generation. Often, I talk with organizational leaders who look puzzled when I start discussing the unification of these practices. Most take each of the areas above and put them in separate [...]
Are There Benefits to Online Games And Learning?
Posted in Articles, tagged Collaboration, Game-based Learning on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Brunel University School of Sport and Education finished a three year study of the effects and benefits of online games on youth. Their findings? That youth between the ages of 11-18 benefited from online gaming by developing key learning skills. Using the over nine million member RuneScape as their lab, Brunel noted the following:
The [...]
