Taking Games Seriously

Sept. 24, 2012

"I've been gaming since I was a little kid",聺 brags Trent Begin, a TTA at ASSETT. "Well I was playing Flight Simulator",聺 says TTA Casey Zahorik, pausing dramatically as he leans back in his swivel chair, when I was three years old . Grant Matheny, ASSETT's technical director, laughs and...

Teaching With Technology: Sarah Hug

March 23, 2012

Can technology be effectively used as a teaching tool without knowing the benefits of its use in the learning process? On Friday, February 23, 2012 Dr. Sarah Hug joined the Teaching with Technology seminar to answer just that question. As a research associate at ATLAS and a learning scientist specializing...

Teaching With Technology: John Bennett

March 7, 2012

With the advancement of massive multiplayer online games and simulation technology, entire classrooms and even campuses can now be found in a digitized state, existing within the online realm of gaming. But actually teaching in a virtual world? Such ideas seem fit only for the pages of science fiction and...