Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Literature Review in Games and Learning (01 Jun 2004) This review is intended as a timely introduction to current thinking about the role of computer games in supporting children’s learning inside and out of school. It highlights the key areas of research in the field, in particular the increasing interest in pleasurable learning, learning through doing and learning through collaboration, that games seem to offer. At the same time, the review takes a measured tone in acknowledging some of the obstacles and challenges to using games within our current education system and models of learning. Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/research/reviews/08_01.htm Read 114 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Media: The Register reports on Biometric ID Card Trials in Glasgow     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy