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Center for Game and Simulation-based Learning
Lessons Learned as Project Director for PlayForward: Elm City Stories: Lessons 1&2
Center for Game & Simulation-based Learning at Excelsior College blog about lessons learned as a Project Director for PlayForward.
Revolutionary Learning 2015: Using Games & Simulations to Solve Critical Issues in Public Health
Using Effective Behavior Change Video Games for Risk Reduction in Adolescents
"Using Effective Behavior Change Video Games for Risk Reduction in Adolescents", Revolutionary Learning 2015: Using Games & Simulations to Solve Critical Issues in Public Health on May 20, 2015, in Washington, DC.
US News and World Report
Gaming the System
Researchers are using videogames and alternate universes to target issues ranging from cancer to teen pregnancy.
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Videogame Intervention Increases HIV Knowledge
“A videogame intervention increases HIV knowledge”, Global Health & Innovation Conference, March 28, 2015, New Haven, CT.
Yale Daily News
Yale lab studies impact of educational games
Over the next two years, the company Yogome will be partnering with the Yale lab play2PREVENT in an effort to improve the educational value of its “Heroes of Knowledge” games.
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Conference
Videogame Intervention Increases HIV Knowledge
"Videogame intervention increases HIV knowledge", Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Conference on March 19, 2015, in Los Angeles, CA.
Yale News
Yale’s play2PREVENT Lab partners with educational game developer
The play2PREVENT Lab has announced a two-year partnership to develop highly engaging, educational mobile games for elementary school children with Yogome, Inc.
New York Times
Yale Researchers to Study Learning Game Apps
Yogome, an educational games developer, announces a partnership with play2PREVENT Lab where researchers develop and evaluate video games designed to improve education, health and social intelligence.
Connecticut Technology Council
Dr. Lynn Fiellin nominated for the 2015 Women of Innovation Awards Program
The Connecticut Technology Council (CTC) announces that 56 women have been selected as Women of Innovation for the 2015 Women of Innovation awards program. The program recognizes women across Connecticut – those in the workforce and students – who are innovators, role models and community leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. More >
20th International AIDS Conference
A Videogame Increases HIV Risk-related Knowledge in Adolescents
“A videogame increases HIV risk-related knowledge in adolescents”, 20th International AIDS Conference, on July 21, 2014, in Melbourne, Australia.