Starting places for game based learning tools

As per our discussion at the meeting, there was a desire for a flashcard/quiz based learning tool that included some sort of score keeping that could be used to encourage better/more studying.

One of the things available that might work off the shelf is http://quizlet.com . You can upload question answer pairs as CSV files or build them with their interface, it has support for classes and groups, various simple games built around matching terms, and some basic score keeping. It is a free online service, which makes me a bit dubious about building curriculum around it (these things tend to disappear or change their business model rapidly) but it could be worth a look for initial testing.

 

There are numerous open source flashcard apps out there which could be used with some modification. Two big ones are anki http://ankisrs.net/ and Mnemosyne http://mnemosyne-proj.org/ Both support plugins and extensions, run on multiple platforms as native apps, are built on reasonably proven pedagogical techniques (implementations of the SM-2 algorithm) and could be used as a base to build upon.

 

Please post more.

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CUNY Games Network

 

We share an interest with many other members of the greater CUNY Community.  The CUNY Academic Commons has a Group devoted to this activity, and of course any member of City tech is free to join this one as well.  You can find it here.

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Welcome to Games FIG!

Welcome to the new Open Lab Site.  There is not much here yet, but we hope this will be a repository for games, links, ideas, and discussion.

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