Children have changed. They learn in different ways. The way they assimilate information has radically changed: children are no longer passive receptors of information they are engaged, connected and immersed in a world full of technology available at their finger tips.
Games Based Learning provides children with what they need in order to be interested in education: engagement! Games Based Learning is the coming together of games design theory, technology and the psychology of learning to capture the motivational power of computer games to be applied to education.
Games allow people to be connected in ways never thought possible, they provide a means of motivation unchallenged by any other medium and they provide a real learning environment. Games use a variety of methods to enhance learning, these include…
Stealth learning
Stealth learning is important in the way that it educates people without them actually realising that they are learning. When people are told they will learn x and y within the hour, they often switch off. Stealth learning leads to greater retention and thus a higher learning potential.