Game Based Learning Design

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For me, this topic was quite fascinating.  In Asia, game based learning has not been embraced as immediately as it has in the west.  That being said, I think it is beginning to catch on, just not in the English departments that I have worked in so far.  

However, I do like the idea of designing a video game that students can play to supplement the material they have studied, in this case the haunted house chapter. I also tried to use characters they are familiar with and make the game require collaboration since getting students to collaborate can be difficult.  

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