Epistemic Games » What are Epistemic Games? http://epistemicgames.org/eg building the future of education Wed, 09 May 2012 17:17:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 David Williamson Shaffer at the VLOS Research Meeting: ‘Epistemic Games and Learning’ http://epistemicgames.org/eg/david-williamson-shaffer-at-the-vlos-research-meeting-epistemic-games-and-learning/ http://epistemicgames.org/eg/david-williamson-shaffer-at-the-vlos-research-meeting-epistemic-games-and-learning/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:17:42 +0000 mhickey http://epistemicgames.org/eg/?p=6852 David Williamson Shaffer, in a talk he gave at the VLOS Research Meeting, Utrecht University, called ‘Epistemic Games and Learning,’ argues that the needs of students today are not the same as they were 50 years ago. His presentation describes epistemic gaming and epistemic network analysis as examples of how teaching and assessment might change to better suit the needs of 21st century students. He concludes by arguing that we need to be more purposeful about how we design educational experiences for youth, suggesting that

“whatever choice [of education style] we make, we have to make it based on some understanding of what it is we want students to accomplish, and what it is we as educators need to do to get them there.”

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