Games for Learning Institute Launches "Game-a-Week" Feature

In response to President Obama’s national initiative to focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), the Games for Learning Institute (G4LI), a joint research endeavor of Microsoft Research, New York University, and other universities, has launched a Game-of-the-Week feature on its web site.

With research showing that computer games can be valuable learning tools, the G4LI will post a new mini-game each weekday on its home page accompanied by a highlighted Game-of-the-Week selected by G4LI researchers as the week’s exemplary incorporation of one of the preliminary design patterns for effective educational games. Website visitors can download, play, rate, and comment on the games, a process that will aid in G4LI’s development of educational games.

The Game of the Week adds to the G4LI’s existing features, which include profiles of participating collaborators as well as up-to-date information on their research, lectures, publications and white papers. The G4LI site also hosts a news and events section listing upcoming lectures, press releases and research findings on the design and development of educational games.

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