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Video Games Help Teach College Classes

Last updated on Friday, August 10, 2007
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(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Purdue plans to teach an engineering course as a video game, and more classes at more schools are likely to be close behind.

Educators call them "serious games," replacing the classroom with a video game controller.

Purdue Discovery Learning Center Director Beverly Sypher says it's a way to reach a computer-savvy generation more effectively while expanding the nature of what you can teach.


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