Defence Academy releases report titled “Serious Games in Defence Education”
The report includes in-depth research into the potential educational benefits of the use of computer-based games technologies and techniques within the context of Higher Education delivery at the Defence College of Management and Technology.
Lt Col JN Potts, Defence Academy Distance Learning Programme Manager, says, “The UK MOD, and the Defence Academy in particular, has strongly developed understanding of the utility of modelling and simulation in training. However, the effective use of games and games technologies to support education is less well understood. This report was commissioned with Caspian Learning in order to shape the Defence Academy’s development in this area. It identifies the key benefits and constraints of a ‘learning through games’ strategy, as well as a taxonomy for types of Immersive Learning Simulations. The taxonomy also highlights the potential use of such simulations for Defence and their related strengths and weaknesses.”
