The Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) is a statewide center, designated by the Commonwealth, for academic
cooperation, economic development and job creation across the
Massachusetts digital and video games ecosystem.
Their Education Working Group (in formation) will bring together
educators, technologists, researchers, policy makers and others
interested in exploring the intersection of games and learning. Group
members will convene from time-to-time and discuss issues within
elementary, secondary and post-secondary education related to the
following:
- Curriculum design and development
- Game-based learning
- Student engagement
- Informal/formal learning in STEM, as well as the arts and humanities
- Digital literacy
- Non-traditional credentialing
- Training
- Simulation
- Professional development
The Education Working Group will be meeting Thursday, August 9, 2012 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Becker College in Worcester, MA.
For details on the meet-up please visit and register here: http://ewgmu.eventbrite.com/.
In addition to the meet-up,
attendees will have a chance to visit the MassDiGi
Summer Innovation Program featuring student developed projects. 18 students
from 9 different colleges and universities are participating in SIP. For more
information on the program, please visit the SIP pages at www.massdigi.org.
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