Mosaic Enterprise Challenge Finals 2016
The 2016 Mosaic Enterprise Challenge Finals took place on the 4th of May at Hogan Lovell’s International in London, which myself and Richard had the pleasure in attending.
This year has been bigger and was more fiercely contested than any of the previous years. The challenge this year reached 4898 students in 105 schools across six regions in the United Kingdom, and these students were supported by 531 volunteer mentors. 2016 was the first year to have a winning school from Scotland, the first year in which Scottish schools have entered.
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Liberating the Learning Process through the 'Sandbox' game design
Too much of learning is top down, trainer led, sage on the stage – these are the traditional models of imparting knowledge into a mass audience. Originally designed for educating workers during the industrial revolution the classroom seems to be a concept we are holding onto for dear life. But why does formal learning have to be this way?
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Serious Games awards
Here is a list of awards for serious games, its a work in progress so please contact us if you know of any more we can add - or any more detail about submission deadlines for next year's awards...
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Wait...games are good for you?
It seems there are new risks to our health being discovered every week. Everything is a risk, from stuttering car exhausts to the calming flicker of a candle! Our bodies are under constant attack and it us up to each of us to protect ourselves from these risks as best we can.
I can hear some of you guys sighing right now. Don’t worry. . .
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Battle for the best leadership development
Does the thought of an away day building a raft with your colleagues leave you feeling excited or nauseous?
Does a new concept in leadership training; (a 3D multiplayer online puzzle-based game, set on a tropical island), float your boat or sink your sandbags?!
We compare leadership development serious game “Unlock: Leadership” with traditional ‘outward bound’ style leadership activities.
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Team Totem 2016
New Year is always a time for looking forward to the year ahead – our team have been discussing what’s on their radar for 2016 and here are some highlights:
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Game-based Learning and the Ugandan Charity
Totem learning has been supporting Ugandan charity The Butterfly Project through the donation of its Business Game, so that young entrepreneurs can learn through play.
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Do Serious games really work?
Yes they do and we have metrics to demonstrate ‘Return On Engagement’!
Earlier this year Totem Learning designed and developed a game to educate business owners on greener IT practices. The game develops players’ understanding of IT issues within their company and supports them to implement better, greener practices.
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The Struggle all designers will eventually face and how to combat it
A Loose Definition
This isn’t a problem unique to videogames or game design. There are likely others names for the phenomenon, but it is best embodied by a particular . . .
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