Colleges looking to the future to fill the needs of their students and society, are a seeing video games. Over 200 institutes of higher learning now have programs to train the developers of the future.
Video games are seen by most as entertainment or stress relief. However video games are an excellent way to teach people through virtually simulating situations that are difficult to train for in real life. Doctors are honing surgical skills; fire fighters and other rescue workers are preparing for disasters online and both civilian and military personnel are logging hours of flight time without every boarding an aircraft.
Alternative controllers are also being tested at universities such as a head band the measures blood flow to the brain to activate in-game events. It’s fantastic stuff. Just be warned that just because a school slaps the word game in front of their program, doesn’t mean you’ll be employable after graduation. Choose your programs and your colleges carefully.
via The Philadelphia Enquirer
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