How video games can level up the way you learn

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🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Video games naturally tap into the way we learn: they focus our attention and track our progress as we head toward a clear goal. Kris Alexander, a professor of video game design and passionate gamer himself, thinks the same elements should be used in traditional education to cater to different learning styles and engage students across the world, both in-person and online.

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0:00.0	I'm Elise Hugh. You're listening to TED Talks Daily. You probably know how hard it is to rest a young person away from their screens in order to focus on school. But video game expert Chris Alexander says, why not both? Why couldn't the augmented reality and virtual worlds we experience in most innovative
0:22.2	video games be embedded in our education? In his 2023 talk from TED at Destination Canada,
0:29.6	he shows us the possibility for learning that's already available if schools engage with it
0:35.0	after a short break.
0:42.9	When I was in senior year university, this is around 2004,
0:48.4	I was in one of those classes where the teacher would read the slides,
0:50.9	word for word as part of a three-hour lecture.
0:52.8	Oh, you all know what I'm talking about?
0:53.4	Okay, cool.
0:59.5	I ended up doing all right in the class by catering to my own learning style.
1:02.5	After a little bit of experimentation,
1:05.6	I found that playing a video game during this lecture,
1:08.6	a game like Tetris, or in this particular case,
1:09.8	Zelda the Minish Cap,
1:12.5	helped me pay attention because the primary way I engage with information is by listening. And this meant that the teacher's voice
1:18.1	with matching text were a distraction for me. Anyway, I was at the back listening and participating,
1:24.6	mind you. But one day, this teacher decided to call me out.
1:30.4	He stopped the class and said,
1:31.8	excuse me.
1:33.1	Are you playing video games in my class?
1:35.7	And then I said,
1:37.5	I am, sir, but this is the way that I learn.
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