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An interesting new handbook from NESTA Futurelab entitled Games and learning by Richard Sandford and Ben Williamson. The book is available to read online or download as a pdf. The handbook makes good points about the potential for learning and (section 5) acknowledges the scope for learner as games creator. On the other hand evidence shows that the use of games is not a panacea for all and of course “it may well be educators who will need to run to catch up with the emergent understandings, skills and capacities of their students.” Contents include:
1 Introduction: why games and learning?
2 Learning from playing games outside school
3 Using games inside school
4 Games designed for learning
5 Young people designing games for learning
6 Annotated reading list
7 Recommendations
8 Key features tables