Game-based learning is a powerful medium used to impart knowledge and training via mobiles and tablets making use of smartly designed and developed gaming applications. This concept is all about learning with a proper balance between the subject matter of training and gameplay, enabling learners/players to imbibe information and at the same time play while applying knowledge attained in real-life situations.

Friedrich Schiller in one of his essays has written, “human beings are full humans only when they play” and this might be the central idea behind game-based learning.

Meaningful learning never means only rote learning, rather it calls for the whole process of gaining skills required to respond aptly exactly in accordance with the prevailing situation.

Games are developed with fantasy elements which enable learners to get engaged in learning activities by way of narratives. Game-based learning is also helpful in accomplishing performance-based training which is both very motivating and effective.

Why Games?

Gaming is well-known to create a dynamism which motivates learners to develop competencies and skills due to their focus on gaming activities.

A game can:

• Function and promote individual learning activities
• Be a strong content delivery mechanism for a large number of sessions
• Last as much as the duration of the course.
• Create a strong emotional connection between learning and subject matter
• Provide an instant opportunity for practice and feedback
• Be customized as per individualized teaching or learning needs

Needless to say, children or even adults should not spend each and every moment of the day staring at computers. Nevertheless, gaming and education should not be considered enemies either. In fact, game-based learning might be something that can play a crucial role in the development of learners.

Here’s how:

• Games promote the use of memorization relating to games, through which learners have to remember certain things for solving the problems of tracking the narrative elements.
• In a world that’s dominated by technology, playing games enables learners to get used to how the technology works, and thus it becomes second nature to them.
• Most games make learners think instantly for which they have to apply their logic to think about the involved steps for solving problems and complete levels. All this helps learners in their practical life as they develop their logic as well as accuracy in approach.
• Some recently concluded researches have revealed that game-based learning has also proved to be very helpful even for the people who have attention-related disorders.
• Game-based learning not only helps the learners but also the evaluators. It extends the limits of their conventional classrooms by removing all physical boundaries.
• One great advantage that game-based learning offers is that it is not dictated by any typically fixed curriculum. Learners are free to learn anything at the time that suits them best. For instance, working people can upgrade their skills at their own pace and comfort to climb up the career ladder.

Conclusion

In a nutshell, new-age game-based learning has unveiled new frontiers in the field of contemporary education by making it more feasible, flexible, exciting, entertaining and lively. Game-based learning can go beyond geographical barriers to reach anyone with a smartphone in hand and a penchant for learning.

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