Games that make leaders: top researchers on the rise of play in business and education

If the last video game you played was Pac-Man, you might have missed the advances that turned games into immersive training tools for skilled professionals and leaders.

Three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors, among the top researchers in learning through game-playing, explained the advantages of games over traditional teaching tools Thursday evening.

Jason Stitt and Les Chappell

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International eyes drawn to Madison’s games research

Computer games could rival biotech in Wisconsin

Jason Stitt

Nearly 20,000 people got an idea of what Madison could offer to the field of educational games over the last few days.

That’s how many new visitors our coverage of last Thursday’s public forum with three UW-Madison game researchers brought to WTN‘s Web site. Our normal recurring readership is about 30,000 to 35,000 unique visitors monthly, of whom more than half are from out-of-state and about 15 percent read the site internationally.

“What we’re doing in Wisconsin is world-class, and it has a worldwide effect,” said Mike Klein, WTN‘s founder and editorial director. “But people outside of the state need to be informed of what’s going on here. That’s easier to accomplish through the Internet than through any other medium.”

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