Link to this website to read about different types of digital games and how they are educationally effective according to a few popular learning theories.
The categories of games are:
- Linear (success requires linear logic)
- Competitive (success requires linear logic, plus anticipating actions of the other player)
- Strategic (success requires strategic planning and management of a complex system)
- Role-Playing (success requires maintaining a profile of probabilities in a complex environment)
The Learning Theories are:
- R. M. Gagne’s Five Categories of Learning Outcomes
- Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
- D. H. Jonassen’s Typology of Problem Solving
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