tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post1654165911645750674..comments2023-11-03T06:03:50.388-07:00Comments on The Learning Circuits Blog: Which name is better - Serious Games or Educational Simulations or...?jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-37329718277916002692008-02-25T17:46:00.000-08:002008-02-25T17:46:00.000-08:00What about simply "learning simulations"?Learning ...What about simply "learning simulations"?<BR/><BR/>Learning is less formal than "educational."<BR/><BR/>Then we could use"learning games" when the focus is on games in a somwhhat more classic sense and use "learning simulations" when the focus is on more complex, interactive environments and challenges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-55366629321448479222007-10-16T07:06:00.000-07:002007-10-16T07:06:00.000-07:00Engagement [of the learner's mind]and Interactivit...Engagement [of the learner's mind]and Interactivity [not simple click and reveal] are the key to making an eLearning game/sim effective. Any term that can combine these two should be best suited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-5500081002961799862007-10-15T05:11:00.000-07:002007-10-15T05:11:00.000-07:00Life - Be In It:-)<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life._Be_in_it." REL="nofollow">Life - Be In It</A><BR/><BR/>:-)rlubenskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11518962181442701634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-73250556523102290222007-10-13T18:49:00.000-07:002007-10-13T18:49:00.000-07:00Simulations are 'simulations'. Games are 'games'.T...Simulations are 'simulations'. Games are 'games'.<BR/><BR/>The other, qualified, names are advanced by people who suppose they have somehow 'improved' games and simulations by adding seriousness, or education, or whatever.<BR/><BR/>They have in fact broken exactly what it was about simulations and games that make them work, that they are fun, engaging and stimulating.<BR/><BR/>As for the others, who argue that these names are needed in order to 'market' the games to (serious minded) CEOs, tis is to me simply the advocacy of marketing something under false pretenses.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.com