Kurt Squire on Civic Engagement Through Digital Games (Big Thinkers Series)久久视频
Game-based learning scholar Kurt Squire explores how leveraging young people’s interest in gaming could encourage greater youth community involvement and deeper connections to civic and political life.
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Kurt Squire is an assistant professor in Educational Communications and Technology at the University of Wisconsin and the director of the Games Learning Society (GLS).
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