Posted: July 5th, 2016

5. game mechanic learning; how can educators justify the amount of time a learner must spend within the game just to get to the point where learning begins?

game mechanic learning

It can take several hours of game play to learn the mechanics of some games, even longer for the more complex games. If subject matter learning can occur only after this initial games mechanic learning occurs, how can educators justify the amount of time a learner must spend within the game just to get to the point where learning begins?