Scot Osterweil

Research Scientist in Comparative Media Studies/Creative Writing and Creative Consultant of Education Arcade at MIT

Scot Osterweil is a researcher and creative director at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he helped establish the Education Arcade. His work has centered on designing and studying games for learning across multiple disciplines, with an emphasis on creativity, problem-solving, and student engagement. At the Education Arcade, he has been instrumental in developing projects that blend play and pedagogy to make learning more meaningful and accessible for diverse learners. Some of his most cited works: 

• Klopfer, E., Osterweil, S., Salen, K., Haas, J., Groff J., & Roy, D. (2009). Moving learning games forward. The Education Arcade. 

• Klopfer, E., Osterweil, S., Groff, J., & Haas, J. (2009). Using the technology of today, in the classroom today: The instructional power of digital games, social networking, simulations, and how teachers can leverage them. The Education Arcade.

• Klopfer, E., Haas, J., Osterweil, S., & Rosenheck, L. (2018). Resonant games: Design principles for learning games that connect hearts, minds, and the everyday. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/10887.001.0001

Video:

• Learning From Play

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