{"id":7244,"date":"2006-04-25T21:58:34","date_gmt":"2006-04-26T04:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/04\/25\/online-video-game-will-aim-to-teach-chinese-language-culture-josh-jarman\/"},"modified":"2006-04-25T21:58:34","modified_gmt":"2006-04-26T04:58:34","slug":"online-video-game-will-aim-to-teach-chinese-language-culture-josh-jarman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/04\/online-video-game-will-aim-to-teach-chinese-language-culture-josh-jarman\/","title":{"rendered":"Online video game will aim to teach Chinese language, culture &#8211; Josh Jarman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom The State News (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.statenews.com\/article.phtml?pk=36068\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>):\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMade flash cards of vocabulary words? Check. Read study terms in textbook? Check. Played online video game with friends? Check?<\/p>\n<p>When MSU announced a new partnership with the Chinese government Monday to create the MSU Confucius Institute, which will offer online language courses in Mandarin Chinese, it also embarked on a new concept in education.<\/p>\n<p>Working with the China Central Radio and Television University in Beijing, MSU officials are creating an online immersive video game environment to help students learn Chinese language and culture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This concept is many years ahead of its time,&#8221; said Yong Zhao, director of the U.S.-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence and an MSU education professor.<\/p>\n<p>Carrie Heeter, director of the MSU Communication Technology Laboratory, believes games in education will increasingly become part of academic teaching tools in the future because they are deeply engaging. 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