Game-based assessment: The mash-up we’ve been waiting for

This chapter uses game-based assessment (GBA) to crack one of the hardest nuts in higher education: assessment. Section 1 clarifies why higher education needs assessment Section 2 reviews the failings of current approaches to assessment. Section 3 uses those failures to articulate game-based solutions. Section 4 explains why students love to be assessed. Section 5 points out that higher education is already a game and that game-based assessment is likely to yield better data because it is a kinder, more effective way to respond to failure.