Dede, C. (2011). Developing a research agenda for educational games and simulations. Computer games and instruction, pp. 233-250. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Dede used this article to plot out an agenda for educational gaming research going forward. He lays out five major principles for researchers to follow in order to create meaningful research in the field of educational gaming. These principles are usable knowledge, collective research, what works, treatmen

Knobel, M., & Lankshear, C. (2014). Studying new literacies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 57(9), 1-5. Of the articles read this week on New Literacies,the article by Knobel and Lankshear provides the best overview of the subject. They define the idea of New Literacies and go on to explain why and how it is different from what came before. Knobel and Lankshear provide an overview of what has been learned so far from New Literacies research since the 1990's and discu