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Game based learning a perspective from 3 continents.

- August 31, 2020September 2, 2020 - admin 2 Comments

I’ve enjoyed interacting with educators from different continents around game based learning. The webinar was hosted by #LEARNWithTeacher with panelists Talitha Amalia of Solve Education!, Indonesia; Amanda Calitz of University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; and Sonia Michaels of DigiPen Institute of Technology, USA. We are almost going live! Are you ready? @AsiaLearntech https://t.co/l7DD99tew0 pic.twitter.com/oXLX5joCUJ — Amanda Calitz #MIEFellow #techwomen20_21 (@AmandaCalitz) August 26, 2020 […]

#AfriJenga / game based learning / MinecraftEducationE / serious games

Africa has a lot to offer.

- November 1, 2019December 29, 2019 - admin comment

#AfriJenga / game based learning / MinecraftEducationE

#AfriJenga

- October 23, 2019January 24, 2020 - admin comment

Africa has a lot to offer and we would like to share this beauty through Minecraft Education Edition. The idea is to ask educators that are using Minecraft throughout Africa to take part in this project. Matt Hains, Zelda Laurie and Amanda Calitz will manage this project and anyone can participate. The final world will be uploaded […]

#MondayGameDay / game based learning / MinecraftEducationE / serious games / Wakelet

#MondayGameDay Part 2

- October 21, 2019December 29, 2019 - admin comment

game based learning / Higher Education / MinecraftEducationE / Wakelet

#Mondaygameday Part 1

- October 14, 2019October 30, 2019 - admin comment

game based learning / MinecraftEducationE / Nursing Education / serious games

Nursing Education Postgraduate students embrace game based learning.

- September 24, 2019December 29, 2019 - admin comment

I just love my job and interacting with people. One of the awesome groups that I can interact with is the Nursing Education Postgraduate students. They have started a project where they incorporate game based learning #GBL to their studies. Minecraft Education Edition is the chosen platform. Students are building a chosen system of the body […]

MinecraftEducationE / Nursing Education

Proud to be featured in the WITS Vuvuzela

- September 19, 2019December 29, 2019 - admin comment

MinecraftEducationE / Nursing Education

Nurses can use Minecraft E:E in the classroom

- September 5, 2019December 29, 2019 - admin 1 Comment

Zelda Laurie and Amanda Calitz created a poster presentation around their experience with game based learning and Minecraft in the classroom. They won the poster competition at the ANEC conference hosted by the Nursing Educator Association(NEA) in South Africa. You can visit NEA’s website here. @AmandaCalitz and I, introducing Game-based learning and Minecraft at ANEC […]

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Using Minecraft Education Edition In the Undergraduate Occupational Therapy Curriculum at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

- September 3, 2019December 29, 2019 - admin comment

Occupational therapy focuses on promoting health and wellness through the therapeutic use of everyday occupations. Individuals who live in rural less-resourced contexts experience unique challenges with daily tasks such as bathing, cooking and doing laundry, as amenities such as water and electricity are frequently not easily available. Occupational Therapy students are currently trained to assess […]