Open AccessWhat Have Games Got to Do with Me?
Author(s) -
Valerie McCutcheon,
George Bray
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patterns
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2666-3899
DOI - 10.1016/j.patter.2020.100002
Subject(s) - skepticism , active listening , distraction , work (physics) , psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , communication , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering
Is the proliferation of work-based games just a distraction, or can they actually help us to acquire work-specific knowledge? This Opinion explains why we can see the benefits of such games, despite initial skepticism. Players learn from listening to and observing others, and some people even enjoy the games.
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