Game-based learning: latest evidence and future directions

The role of video games in teaching and learning is a source of debate among many educators, researchers and in the popular press. Detractors and advocates have been discussing the influences and the potentials of video games for quite some time.

This report from FutureLab at National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in England and Wales (NFR) provides an update about game-based learning and its potential impact on learning and teaching.