Game-Based and Interactive Learning

What is game-based teaching and learning?

The concept of game-based teaching and learning is really simple and to the point: Game-based Teaching and Learning is a fun way of teaching and learning. This allows both the teacher and the students to enjoy themselves while the process of learning takes place.

There are many features of Game-based Teaching and Learning (GBL), these include:

• The uses of competitive exercises which challenge students to be better learners as well as to compete with each other. Games often times engage players in learning activities through a story line using one or more fantasy elements..
• It provides the motivation students need to learn more effectively by means of lesson engagement. Game-based learning encourages students to to learn from their mistakes. Giving them unlimited do overs, not stopping until the game is over or they have mastered the level. This…