This question has motivated Dr. Matthew Farber's research about educators who are experts of game-based learning, and now informs his current inquiry into teachers who view themselves as learning designers.
Farber will share findings from his dissertation
research, which was expanded to a forthcoming book, Game-Based Learning in Action: How an Expert Affinity Group Teaches
with Games (Peter Lang Academic, 2017). The book is about how one
particular affinity group of K12 educators-known as "The Tribe"- teach
with games. It details how classrooms of expert game-based learning teachers
functions-from how they rollout games to how they assess learning outcomes.
Matt will give his webinar Thursday, Jun 8 at 4 p.m. PST, 7
p.m. EST.
This presentation is being provided by Serious
Play Conference as a preview of speakers who will be at the 2017 conference,
this year July 18-20 at George Mason University's Science and Technology Campus
in Manhassas, VA, near Dulles Airport.
For information on Serious Play Conference, an
annual gathering of thought leaders in the serious games industry, go to www.seriousplayconf.com.
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He is also an adjunct instructor at New Jersey
City University, a part-time lecturer at Rutgers University, an Edutopia
blogger, and cohost on Ed
Got Game on the BAM Radio Network. Dr. Farber was
a recipient of a Geraldine R. Dodge Teacher Fellowship, a Woodrow Wilson
HistoryQuest Fellowship, and is a Certified BrainPOP Educator and a PBS
Local Digital Innovator.
His book, Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning,
from Peter Lang Academic, is available from Amazon.
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