After reviewing the Learn items for this week, discuss some of the advantages an

After reviewing the Learn items for this week, discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of using gaming, game-based learning, and gamification to enhance learning potentials.
Consider one or more important questions such as:
Can a game effectively educate on its own?
How are the three approaches (gaming, game-based learning, and gamification) different?
What learning theories or instructional approaches might inform the design and use of games for learning?
What are the roles of the instructor when implementing video games for learning?
Should educational game designers try to compete with commercially produced games when educational designers lack the resources to produce the same levels of quality and engagement?
DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
For each of the four Discussions in this course, you will post one thread of at least 300 words.
The discussion forums in this course require a high level of thought and investigation on a
number of important topics and related questions. Your posts must demonstrate course related.
knowledge from the assigned readings and presentations and you are to support your assertions.
with at least two scholarly research articles in APA format. Sources cited must have been.
published within the last five years. Important ideas from the assigned weekly reading in the
textbook may be used as one of the required references for your initial post.
For each Discussion, you will also post two replies to the posts of others of at least 150 words.
Each reply must incorporate at least one scholarly research article in APA format. Source cited.
must have been published within the last five years. The assigned reading from the textbook may
be used as the required reference for replies.
(MLO: A, B, F, G)
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