When I was a kid, I didn’t like any toys, games, books, or TV shows that tried to “make learning fun.” I wasn’t dumb; I knew when I was being lied to—learning and fun are mutually exclusive. But ...

YouTube is the third-most-used website within schools, according to Matthew Gross, CEO and co-founder of Newsela. “That is incredible, considering how difficult it is to find videos, how unfiltered it ...

Educational video games are being ignored in classrooms, even though students say the games would help them learn better, a new survey found. It’s about time education leaders break from their stodgy ...

Educational videos are among the top 10 most-consumed video content formats globally, according to Statista. And it makes sense. Video is one of the fastest, most engaging ways to teach, demonstrate, ...

The gaming industry's prominent rise over the last few decades still isn't showing signs of slowing down, and in 2020 the form of media was bigger than sports and movies combined. Moreover, the ...

Before the pandemic, the average American child between 8 and 18 played video games for an hour and 20 minutes a day, and if my kids are representative, that figure skyrocketed this past year. Like ...

Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade news. Shelby also ...

For visual learners, a molecule of ethanol is easier to understand when its carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms have careened onto a screen and spun around for a bit. Likewise, for these learners the ...

Contemporary research in educational psychology has underscored the pivotal role of cognitive load in shaping the efficacy of multimedia learning. The cognitive load theory posits that learners’ ...