# How game design can help schooling

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxUofM
- Speaker: Caitlin Holman
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/caitlin_holman_how_game_design_can_help_schooling)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The world is changing rapidly but models of decades-old schooling still influence educational systems in ways that leave students with few reasons to truly excel. Education researcher Caitlin Holman explains how game design principles engineered to keep players motivated can be co-opted to revitalize schools and improve educational outcomes.

## Lectures

1. [How game design can help schooling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/caitlin_holman_how_game_design_can_help_schooling/6b5e330a313c), 18 min (TED's player)