Epistemic Games group featured on the UW-Madison Educational Psychology website
Recently, the Educational Psychology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison revamped its website. Now, prospective students can watch short videos about the department’s different research projects. In a video about the epistemic games group, David Williamson Shaffer, Elizabeth Bagley and Padraig Nash talk about their particular research interests as well as what it’s like to work and study at UW-Madison.
From the Classroom to the Football Field
In a recent article on the website Sports are 80 Percent Mental, the writer cites David Williamson Shaffer’s work, stating that if a game is realistically based on real-world situations, players can learn critical skills and dispositions. The rest of the article “Video Games Move From the Family Room to the Locker Room” examines EA Sports’ SportMotion, a football simulation, and the Madden NFL game. After all, games aren’t just child’s play – even experienced sports professionals can learn from them too.
