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Ruilen met Robinson – Kunst van Waarde

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Priscilla

Het symposium De Kunst van Waarde komt voort uit – reflecteert op – en vind plaats middenin Ruilen met Robinson. Deze kunstzinnige ruilmanifestatie biedt een uitstekende locatie voor een symposium over waardebepaling. De kunst van Waarde 28 augustus 2013 – … Continue reading →

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VU mini-symposium Measuring Causal Relations

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Priscilla

There were several speakers that all had new and elegant solutions to the problem of trying to establish causality in their field. The one that most appealed to me was the story of professor Olivers. Possibly because as a Cognitive … Continue reading →

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Gamifeye: Are you present?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Priscilla

Ideally speaking, you should be able to experience entertainment and education within a game-frame – experiencing ‘fun’ and any ‘intentional content’ at the same time, instead of switching between blocks of one or the other. This takes a creative approach … Continue reading →

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Alternate Reality Gaming – Examples

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Priscilla

The Beast is said to be the game that successfully introduced ARG’s to a larger public (Baertlein, 2008). This futuristic murder-mystery intrigued one million players for twelve weeks in 2001. It was created as a promotion for the movie A.I. … Continue reading →

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Roting for change

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Priscilla

The foundation of our educational system is the repetition of factual knowledge. Classrooms are filled with the chanting of multiplication. Useful and necessary one might think, but is it? What we need to know is not that “three times four … Continue reading →

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