We want to move the field of learning games research forward.
The field of video games for learning is stuck at the starting gate. We need games to address educational challenges, and we need shared game data to drive a new kind of research.
We are building an open research infrastructure
Games can provide rich data about thinking and learning…but data privacy and ethics is imperative.
We need a data and services infrastructure that includes open standards, code modules, shared ethical frameworks for data collection; data processing pipelines; and community engagement activities to continually test and evolve the tools available to build, deploy, and evaluate learning games.
Building a game? Ensure real impact.
To make a real impact, you have to design for the classroom from the start. That means understanding what “classroom-ready” really looks like—devices, constraints, schedules, stability, and support.
Games get played in schools because kids love them. We have spent over decade rigorously testing with tens of thousands of kids. We want to share what we have learned.
Is your research team spending more time building a game than running a study or outreach?
Studying learning through digital games is powerful—but most research teams start from scratch.
Meanwhile, research questions are on hold—and the tools often can’t be reused.
Now there is another way.
Ready to join a community? Welcome to Field Day Learning Games.
Choose from a large game library for your research
Use games as-is or modify them to align with your research questions. Pair each game with our open analytics tools to collect ethical, research-grade data—customized to your study.
Get support for collecting quality game data.
Use Field Day’s existing tools and infrastructure from shared IRB, instrumentation, analysis, and data process pipelines. Good for qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
Use your own game and get support for game design and distribution
Get help being designing your game to be classroom ready. We can offer support for concept through user research, from marketing to hosting, curriculum alignment to optimization.