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James Paul Gee is a lead researcher with games and learning and has stated that games allow players to create their own identities, mold the game play, provide immediate feedback, and link real world opportunities to game play. One aspect that Gee and Hayes have researched around games and learning is the aspect of engaging players through problem solving spaces. Games that are difficult to pass or are not enjoyable would not sell to players. Players enjoy games that provide purpose through challenging problems incorporating autonomy and creativity (McDowall, 2016<\/a>). Gee and Hayes also state that games that allow players to modify the game aid in the engagement and sustainment within a game. Where does formal schooling fall into games and learning? A lot of criticism around the rigid, structure of school where students are less likely to have choice and modify their own education is a constant criticism and one that educators have to rise above to meet the needs of their students. So the big question is\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Engaging Learners The promise of engagement within games and learning is one that educators have held onto and research around games and learning is on the rise. Minecraft, Clash of Clans, Five Nights At Freddy\u2019s, Call of Duty, all of these games are ones that students are playing daily and ones that ignite engagement and excitement in players. What is it that makes these games engaging? James Paul Gee is a lead researcher with games and learning and has stated that games allow players to create their own identities, mold the game play, provide immediate feedback, and link real world opportunities to game play. One aspect that Gee and Hayes have researched around games and learning is the aspect of engaging players through problem solving spaces. Games that are difficult to pass or are not enjoyable would not sell to players. Players enjoy games that provide purpose through challenging problems incorporating autonomy and creativity (McDowall, 2016). Gee and Hayes also state that games that allow players to modify the game aid in the engagement and sustainment within a game. Where does formal schooling fall into games and learning? A lot of criticism around the rigid, structure of school where students are less likely to have choice and modify their own education is a constant criticism and one that educators have to rise above to meet the needs of their students. So the big question is\u2026 Find more education infographics on e-Learning Infographics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foyle.us\/INTE6750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Games](\"https:\/\/elearninginfographics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Games-Make-Learning-Fun-Infographic.jpg\")
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