How Can Video Games Help in Learning?

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Many parents distrust video consoles and don't want them in the house because they are afraid that they will damage their children's performance at school. However, the benefits of video games include improved powers of concentration, creativity, memory, language, and teamwork. The videogame industry lost its innocence a long time ago. These days, it's a mature sector, admired for its technological muscle, innovative capacity, and its well-developed entrepreneurial vision. The figures don't lie: the sector will end 2019 with a global income of more than $150 billion and year-on-year growth of 9.6%, according to market intelligence company Newzoo. With numbers like this, it's no surprise that video games dominate the audio-visual sector, far ahead of music and cinema.

The benefits of video games have also reached education with game-based learning. This teaching method uses beneficial aspects of video games to transmit knowledge to students. It is based on three key factors:  One, It breathes life into education: it transforms learning into an enjoyable, thrilling game without boring lessons. Two, It boosts motivation: students are the main characters in the story and their success is rewarded with medals, extra lives, bonuses, etc. Ang lastly, It gives opportunities to practice: students can apply the knowledge they acquire without getting into dangerous situations.

The impact of video games on society has been the subject of numerous studies. For example, in 2014 a psychologist at the Internet Institute at Oxford University published a study in the journal Pediatrics establishing how long children should be allowed to devote themselves to video gaming. He concluded that those who played for less than an hour were more emotionally stable, while those who played for around three hours a day developed social problems. Therefore, when it comes to video games, moderation is key, because as well as improving learning abilities, there are other benefits. Parents continue to be worried about the impact of video games. And there is indeed some cause for concern.