Digital Game-Based Learning in Higher Ed Moves Beyond the Hype - George Lorenzo, EdSurge

Students in Art Goldberg’s English composition classes at Miami-Dade College and Broward College have a different experience than their peers in most introductory college writing courses. They’re role-playing as junior staff writers in a fictional newsroom, creating content for an upcoming broadcast—all within a digital game that aims to make learning grammar more engaging than memorizing Strunk and White. Are digital games viable tools for creating effective online teaching and learning environments in higher education, and, if so, is anyone using them? https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-08-04-digital-game-based-learning-in-higher-ed-moves-beyond-the-hype