Educational milestone: the $3m “Games for Learning Institute”
Microsoft and New York University have announced the creation of the Games for Learning Institute (G4LI), which will identify the qualities of video games that best engage students, and develop personalized teaching strategies that harness those qualities. While Microsoft and NYU are apparently the key founding organizations, G4LI participants include Columbia University, the City University of New York, Dartmouth College, Parsons, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, the Rochester Institute of Technology and Teachers College. Total seed funding for G4LI: a cool $3 million.
