Serious Games main gathering examines value of games for Engagement, Learning and Retention
The fourth annual Serious Play Conference will be held at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles Tuesday – Thursday, July 22 – 24, 2014.
Here is the official press release:
LOS ANGELES – March 12, 2014 – The Serious Play Conference, a gathering of game industry luminaries and
game-based learning enthusiasts, is moving to University of Southern California
(USC)’s School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, July 22-24.
Now in its 4th year, the annual conference brings
together school leaders who want to see game-based learning brought into more
educational curricula; chief learning officers from the corporate sector; and
training directors from nonprofit, healthcare and the military/government -- along
with the top games publishers, researchers and developers. The conference focuses on the use of games as
a tool to promote engagement, retention and higher achievement in education,
talent development and training programs.
Research has shown games can stimulate
cognitive learning, evaluate a manager’s appetite for risk and make many forms
of training more successful.
“Game-based learning is demonstrating that the
addictive nature of game play, which includes challenges and competition, can
be much more engaging as well as be a more effective and economical way to do
training in almost any industry,” said Sue Bohle, Executive Director, Serious
Games Association.
At the conference, leaders share their
thoughts on setting learning objectives, measurement, and effective use of
games in the classroom, corporate or organizational environment.
Speaker submissions are now open!
From 2011–2013, the Serious Play Conference
was held at DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Wash. USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering is
co-hosting the 2014 event with the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
More information can be found at http://seriousplayconf.com/
Contact:
Robert
Brown
The Bohle Company for Serious Games
Association
(424) 248-0512
robert at bohle.com