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Game-based learning: it’s rocket science!

Stephen Lowe

Stephen Lowe has an MSc in Computer Science from University of Liverpool in the UK. He developed and taught a 3-year multimedia course at Aoraki Polytechnic before coming to CORE Education seven years ago as a Learning Designer. His article originally appeared on blog.core-ed.org and has been shared here with permission. Click the home button to check out Stephen's posts.

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