Tangential Learning – How we learn through games!

Games can teach us things just by piquing our curiosity and encouraging students to engage in ‘self learning’.
This video from The Escapist explains how learning can be facilitated through games just by including a few simple bits of information to interest gamers. If characters and situations in the games are based on ‘real’ facts and mimic some situations in history, it is often enough to tip our attention span towards voluntary research – known as self learning – and ensures that we assimilate information quicker and tend to remember it for longer periods of time, for the simple reason that we are interested in it! Watch the video to learn more!