February 8, 2017
by Maha Bali
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So I got an assignment idea for this semester for my educational game design module. I am increasingly focusing less on game design per se in teaching this module and trying to have learners experiment with generally thinking of what … Continue reading
November 12, 2016
by Maha Bali
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Join us and play some digital games while my students play them and tweet their experiences. This is happening Monday Nov 14 at 10am Cairo time (8am GMT) but taking place over several days as students play more games up … Continue reading
November 9, 2016
by Maha Bali
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OK – I’ve finally gotten around to writing this blogpost! We’re doing a Twitter Scavenger Hunt again Thursday November 10 at 10am Cairo (8am UK) time. Here is the gdoc with instructions (also embedded below). This year, I’m hoping others … Continue reading
October 29, 2016
by Maha Bali
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So I really should do something about my students blogs and make sure they use images and materials within fair use. And check some other stuff…and so thinking of doing this as a game. It’s probably not gonna be a … Continue reading
August 21, 2016
by Maha Bali
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I had a brainstorm… and I created this Sleep-Deprived Mom Game The shortlink to play is: http://bit.ly/SleepMom flickr photo shared by landotter under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC ) license The back story is… well, I wrote on my blog about … Continue reading
August 21, 2016
by Maha Bali
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I just played this game SPENT twice and I am in so much pain. You take on the role of someone who lives in poverty and has a child and needs to navigate through all of life’s expenses and the … Continue reading
August 14, 2016
by Maha Bali
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(I hit publish too soon before I even wrote anything here, so I’m sorry if you got a blank copy of this blogpost in your email or something!) I’m just going to write down some assignment ideas I have for … Continue reading
July 22, 2016
by Maha Bali
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So I started this morning responding to Luca Morini’s article on Uselessness (annotated link) and now I want to dig deeper by thinking through a few examples and seeing which of my 4 approaches to uselessness (absolute, temporal, contextual or intrinsic value) they … Continue reading
July 22, 2016
by Maha Bali
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I read yesterday this article by Luca Morini on Hybrid Pedagogy, which argues for the importance of uselessness in higher education. I am sharing here the annotated hypothes.is link because there are already so many great annotations there. It’s a really provocative argument … Continue reading
July 14, 2016
by Maha Bali
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I have been following articles about Pokemon Go and thought it might be interesting to have my students next semester read up on Augmented reality games and find positive and critical articles (some are so critical I am scared of … Continue reading