Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference 2026 Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference 2026

✍️ Scott Beattie dives into journaling games and learner co-creation—where students don’t just play the game… they help build it. June 5–7 | Online 💻 gblconference.com/ #GameBasedLearning

🍂 Assignment Series #1🚀

🌌 Designing The First Mars Colony🌌

🎮🕹️Students create a video game concept to plan humanity's first permanent settlement on Mars.🕹️🎮

Downloadable: creativeaiforeducation.com/assignment-s...

#EduSky #AIinEducation #STEMeducation #Mars #GameBasedLearning #EdTech #HigherEd

Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference 2026 Games-Based Learning Virtual Conference 2026

Let’s be honest—most “educational games” miss the mark. Justin Matheson shows how off-the-shelf games can actually deliver real skill development 🎯 June 5–7 | Online 💻 gblconference.com/ #GameBasedLearning

Virtual reality games can increase a player’s desire to help others Playing a virtual reality game can increase a person’s sense of altruism and influence levels of empathy, according to a new study from University of Oregon researchers.

Virtual reality games can increase a player’s desire to help others www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #VirtualReality #GameBasedLearning

Discover and protect coral reefs: ZMT launches educational escape game to solve puzzles and problems " + strlen + " / " +upper_limit + "

Discover and protect coral reefs: ZMT launches educational escape game to solve puzzles and problems idw-online.de/en/news866836 #CoralReefs #Game #GameBasedLearning

How roleplaying games can help build community connection www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1d... #RoleplayingGames #GameBasedLearning

Game-based learning is an integral part of our curricula. MA students recently played the Diplomacy board game; undergrads played the Game of Thrones board game.
#GameBasedLearning #Politics #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy #ForeignPolicy #HigherEducation @ntunews.bsky.social

Shannon Cope.

Cory Toon.

Shannon Cope and Cory Toon share the story of Dice Alliance, a Western KY charity. #EduSky #TTRPGsky #PolyhedralPedagogy #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning

"Dungeons and Desks," a free PD in Bowling Green, KY.

"Dungeons and Desks," a free PD in Bowling Green, KY.

"Dungeons and Desks," a free PD in Bowling Green, KY.

"Dungeons and Desks," a free PD in Bowling Green, KY.

Alongside Kalli Colley, we are leading another "Dungeons and Desks" today at GRREC in Bowling Green, KY! Building schema and playing educational TTRPGs! #PolyhedralPedagogy #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #EduSky #TTRPGsky

#TodaysMomentOfAwesome This week is thematic learning, focused on Immersive Design. Our 1st field trip was an escape room, 8 escape rooms for 56 kids.y group had an art heist theme, retrieving the Mona Lisa.

It was AWESOME!

#EduSky #GameBasedLearning

Big Thanks @escapology.bsky.social

Übereinandergestapelte Brettspiele: Abalone, Concept, Nekojima, Dixit, Sauscharf, Das Hochbeet von Schalottenburg, Draftosaurus, Duck & Cover, Landmarks, 6 nimmt, Just One, TacoKatzeZiegeKäsePizza, Panda Panda, Rainbow, Sushi Go, Bibderbande, Bohnanza, Mischwald, Second Chance und Kakerlakenpoker

Zwischenfazit nach 1/2 Jahr Spiele-AG 🎲 20 Kinder spielen jede Woche in 3-6 Gruppe. 26 Spiele kamen auf den Tisch, am beliebtesten: #Dixit 💭 #DuckAndCover 🐣 #JustOne 🖊️ #Landmarks 🗣️ #Mischwald 🌲🌳🌴 #SushiGo 🍣 #TacoCatGoatCheesePizza 🐐🍕 1/4

#brettspiele #bluelz #gamebasedlearning #spielendlernen

🎮 The Return of Malware & Monsters: Collaborative IR Gaming (2h Workshop) on May 6th!

𝗚𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 '𝗘𝗠 𝗔𝗟𝗟: 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 with Klaus Agnoletti (@klausagnoletti) & Glen Sorensen - 6 May, 9AM - 11AM

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🎲 If you've got a kid who dreads math, stop trying to make it a lesson — make it a game instead. Card games, board games, even made-up games on the fly all build math instincts without the anxiety. The key? Don't pause to point out the math.

#MathAnxiety #GameBasedLearning

🥳 Excited to share our newly accepted paper! We introduce the digital game-based CQPF framework, proven to boost motivation, metacognition, and teacher–parent–student interaction in language learning. 📚🎮👩‍❤️‍👩✨
#EdTech #LanguageLearning #GameBasedLearning #CQPF #TeacherResearch

Scanarix Media Game: fostering media and information literacy skills through play by Larysa Nazarenko, CSO Segalor, Ukraine. Today’s information space is governed not just through policy and legislation, but through socio-technical infrastructures and human-AI collaboration.

🎮 Discover the Scanarix Media Game, a serious game boosting media literacy through interactive play! 👾🕹️

Learn more 👉 buff.ly/5VtVJ3Y

#MediaLiteracy #AIliteracy #DigitalLiteracy #SeriousGames #GameBasedLearning

Guest Blog: Why I Brought TTRPGs to English Class - Roll20 Blog Learn how an English teacher uses tabletop roleplaying to improve student outcomes and redefines screen time for gaming to support learning.

A Michigan teacher uses solo journaling RPGs and a system based in @chaosium.bsky.social's d100 Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine with his English students. Read more in his @roll20.net guest blog here:
blog.roll20.net/posts/guest-...

#PolyhedralPedagogy #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning

Reminder that there is a #PlayfulLearning and #GameBasedLearning feed here: bsky.app/profile/dais...

Please share!

#GBL #academicSky @bsky.app @professors-at-play.bsky.social @gamingthepast.bsky.social @gamestudies.bsky.social @gameranthro.bsky.social @gamerlearner.bsky.social #HigherEd #EdTech

University of Kentucky's eSports lounge.

University of Kentucky's eSports Theater.

Gaming Across Boundaries, Day One schedule.

Gaming Across Boundaries, Day Two schedule. I present at 9:30 am EST on Saturday, 2/28.

The University of Kentucky's "Gaming Across Boundaries" FREE 2 day conference is setting up! I'll be presenting tomorrow AM (Saturday). Attend virtually!

Day One: uky.zoom.us/j/6200657797...
Day Two: uky.zoom.us/j/6200657797...

#PolyhedralPedagogy #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #TTRPGsky #Edusky

Collage mit vier Fotos von einem Workshop/Training: links eine Gruppe von Teilnehmenden auf einer Treppe, rechts oben und links unten Sitzungen an Tischen mit Laptops und Präsentationsbildschirm, rechts unten ein Mann im Gespräch am Tisch. Oben steht das Logo „VAL-YOU“, in der Mitte ist handschriftlich „Reus, 2026“ eingekreist.

Lorenz Prager war für Zentrum polis in Reus, Spanien, um an einem Projektreffen für das VAL-YOU-Projekt teilzunehmen. Mehr Informationen zum Projekt finden sich hier:
www.politik-lernen.at/valyou

#PolitischeBildung #SeriousGames #ValYou #GameBasedLearning #Schule #Material #ErasmusPlus

Collage mit vier Fotos von einem Workshop/Training: links eine Gruppe von Teilnehmenden auf einer Treppe, rechts oben und links unten Sitzungen an Tischen mit Laptops und Präsentationsbildschirm, rechts unten ein Mann im Gespräch am Tisch. Oben steht das Logo „VAL-YOU“, in der Mitte ist handschriftlich „Reus, 2026“ eingekreist.

Lorenz Prager war für Zentrum polis in Reus, Spanien, um an einem Projektreffen für das VAL-YOU-Projekt teilzunehmen. Bei dem Projekt geht es um die Vermittlung bzw. Thematisierung europäischer Werte im Unterricht und zwar mit Hilfe eines Serious Games. Das digitale […]

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This quarter, students are unlocking the secrets of an ancient desert pyramid while studying on our class hub.

Adding puzzles and new areas to explore using Genially, and students are unlocking small story clue videos made with RPG Maker.🗝️ #gamebasedlearning #gamesineducation

Tabletop Gaming - Boardgames Are More Than Just Fun, Science Reveals Studies show tabletop gaming shapes how we think and who we are

Boardgames Are More Than Just Fun, Science Reveals www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/news/boardga... #GameBasedLearning #Game #Wellbeing

Analog Games in Learning online webinar, February 21, 2026, 11 am to 1 pm EST.

A FREE online webinar is happening tomorrow, thanks to
@digitalpromise.bsky.social! I'll be presenting along with @ttrpgkids.com. Registration link:
digitalpromise-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#PolyhedralPedagogy #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #EduSky #TTRPGsky

What a night! 🎲✨ We had a blast at One North for our Tabletop Games to Boost Brains PD. Awesome to see teachers exploring game-based learning to engage students! 🧠🍎

Congrats to those who earned their $60 game credit! 📸👇

#EdTech #STEM #TeacherPD #JCISD #GameBasedLearning

Beat The Odds Get students thinking about experimental versus theoretical probability as they try to beat the odds in this board game!

Get students thinking about experimental versus theoretical probability as they try to beat the odds in this board game! #MTBoS #MathEd #GameBasedLearning #Probability
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Dartmouth Research Lab Builds Games for Autistic Students With a $755,000 grant from the nonprofit Proof Positive, the play2PREVENT Lab at Dartmouth College is leveraging behavioral science to build “serious games” for youth on the autism spectrum.

Dartmouth Research Lab Builds Games for Autistic Students www.govtech.com/education/k-... #GameBasedLearning #Autisim

Saudi schools just did the unthinkable: Video games are now part of education curriculum in KSA - The Times of India Middle East News: In a bold and unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education has officially approved the inclusion of electronic gaming, both competitive an.

Saudi schools just did the unthinkable: Video games are now part of education curriculum in KSA timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle... #VideoGames #GameBasedLearning

Quantum Tycoon, an educational video game for discovering quantum computing The Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) and the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IN2UB) present a new app, available on Google Play, which combines entertainment and scientific…

Quantum Tycoon, an educational video game for discovering #quantum computing web.ub.edu/en/web/actua... #GameBasedLearning

So lernen Kinder nicht nur lieber, sondern auch leichter Rätsel lösen, Zettel verbrennen, unter Tische krabbeln: Spielerische Elemente peppen drögen Stoff auf – und helfen dadurch, Schulstoff zu begreifen und zu behalten

Für das GEO-Magazin wurde ich zum Thema spielerisches Lernen interviewt.

Im Artikel bei GEO+ (Paywall) geht es um die Frage, was Kindern das Lernen erleichtert und welche Rolle dabei Spiele, Interaktion und Lernapps spielen können.

#SpielendLernen #GameBasedLearning

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Friday, February 27 schedule for "Gaming Across Boundaries."

Saturday, February 28 schedule for "Gaming Across Boundaries."

Join me at a FREE Kentucky conference "Gaming Across Boundaries" on Friday, February 27 and Saturday the 28th hosted by @universityofky.bsky.social!

Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#PolyhedralPedagogy #kyedrpg #gamebasedlearning #kygoplay