Being Able to Just Play: Systematic Learning and Enjoyment Through Games

Being Able to Just Play.

Give a listen to four crucial minutes discussing games and their systemic engagement characteristics. Colleen Macklin, Parsons The New School of Design has a limitless quote (at about .30)

“Games themselves are not going to contain all the learning…they provide players with the disposition for future learning about a topic.”

 

“Ultimately,” says Macklin,  “games are a cultural form of systems thinking and systems understanding.”

 

Being Able to Just Play. MTMDC 2014 | Digital Games: Persuasive Play for Social Impact