Into the Life of a Pro Gamer
Being a professional gamer is, in many ways, similar to being a professional athlete. As a reminder, to succeed in a video game at the professional level requires use of strategies that need to be adjusted on the fly. This type of analysis is called eSports analytics. “We formally define eSports analytics as: the process […]
The Skillset Needed to Succeed in eSports
Similar to how sports has multiple categories of sports, such as basketball, baseball, soccer, etc., eSports also has multiple subsections of eSports. “eSports are commonly organized around specific genres of games, such as Multiplayer Online Battle Arenas (e.g. League of Legends, Dota 2), First-Person Shooters (e.g. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive), Real Time Strategy (e.g. Starcraft 2), […]
The Evergrowing Popularity of eSports
As a reminder, the 2013 League of Legends Season 3 World Championship had 32 million total viewers, while the 2013 NBA Finals Game 7 had only 26.3 million viewers (Hollist, 2015). Surprising as it is, it’s true that more people prefer watching computer games than basketball. There are many reasons that can explain the reasoning […]
An Introduction to eSports and Its Rise in The Industry
More likely than not, many of us have played a video game at least once in our lives. Whether it be on a video game console, phone, or internet, we are all familiar with playing games and its verb “gaming.” At its early stages of development, games were merely played for their entertainment value, such […]
The Drawback of Classroom Instruction: Distractions
Classroom instruction is the standard for public education in this day and age. It is arguably the most effective and efficient way of large group instruction. A significant drawback of this method, which has surely occurred to everyone at least once, is loss of focus, also known as being distracted. “Classroom distractions may be defined […]
Method of Instruction and Effective Teaching
Effective teaching is a rare sight nowadays. Effective teaching is when a professor can correctly gauge their students’ performances, and appropriately assist them in their learning and understanding of new material. “Too often the assumption is made that because the instructor has a M.S. or Ph.D. degree, he is ready to take over teaching any […]
Motivation and Its Effect on Student Learning
Teacher instruction can be either utterly useless or entirely effective depending on a student’s motivation to learn. A student “who is intrinsically motivated undertakes an activity for its own sake, for the enjoyment it provides, the learning it permits, or the feelings of accomplishments it evokes.” On the other hand, an “extrinsically motivated student performs […]
E-learning: A Revolution in The Way We Learn
The internet is a giant library of information. Whether it be for news, research, or entertainment, the internet has almost everything anyone would ever need. One of these things is education. E-learning is short for electronically learning. It means learning by means of electronic devices, such as the Internet. E-learning is a widely controversial topic. […]
