Games, Learning and Society 2005 Webcasts
The Games Learning and Society Conference took place a few months ago and I was very disappointed for not being able to attend. However, a few days ago an interesting fact was brought to my attention: Some selected moments of the conference were filmed and are now available online.
They use an interesting format combining streaming video with synchronized slides (ok, I have seen more impressive technologies, but they were always very expensive, subscription based and never covering an academic conference).
While we all wait for the next edition of the conference, I really recommend taking a look to those videos: GLS highlights.
There is some discussion of the social relevancy of games, some applications of video games to learning and some technological reflections (check out “Designing Games”, very good presentation).
And a note for the future: I will soon be publishing a number of posts reflecting on experiences applying real commercial games to learning environments. Think SimCity, Civilization, Tycoon series, etc.
