A Book Review: Emotify! The Power of the Human Element in Game-based Learning, Serious Games and Experiential Education 

Jessica Louis, Grand Canyon University

Abstract

This book review analyzes Michael Sutton and Kevin Allen's "Emotify! The Power of the Human Element in Game-Based Learning, Serious Games and Experiential Education." The authors work together to bring years of corporate and IT training experience to academics and education in a way that is novel and promising. Game-based learning strives to look ahead to the future of how people learn and uses research applications to get there. In addition to showing the power of self-efficacy and prompt feedback in an academic environment that uses gamification as its primary mode of lecture, the book is rife with how to's for educators.

Keywords: game-based learning, experiential education