Building Literacy Assessment into Gaming Programs for Libraries and Education

Type of Presentation

Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)

Target Audience

Other

Presenter Information

• Ron Brown, University of South Carolina

Copyright

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Location

Room 212

Proposal

See presentation description.

Short Description

This presentation explores gaming programs of various types in libraries and other settings and reviews case studies conducted by the researcher to help them to improve their assessment practices. This presentation reviews the lessons learned, discusses the pros and cons of using games for education, and invites a discussion on what are the best ways to motivate youth to learn.

Keywords

Information literacy, Gaming programs, Computer games

Publication Type and Release Option

Presentation (Open Access)

Recommended Citation

Brown, Ron, "Building Literacy Assessment into Gaming Programs for Libraries and Education" (2012). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 29.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2012/2012/29