Thank you for visiting Education Arcade. My name is Brock and I want to share my inspiration for creating educational video games.

 

I’ve been working in IT for many years now and absolutely love the work I do in information security. However, one particularly busy day, I received a reminder to complete my annual and mandatory e-Learning modules.

 

These were your typical corporate e-Learning modules, crammed full of wordy paragraphs. Later that night I was reflecting on my day and realised that I could only remember a handful of lessons from that e-Learning module. As soon as I finished the module I was back into my busy day completing the work and activities I was employed for.

 

I found this strange. Forgetting something from only a few hours ago, yet being able to recall other learning experiences from when I was much younger.

 

I recall playing educational video games when I was 8 years old. Years later, I still have vivid memories of how those games taught me anything from mathematics to problem solving. 

 

I came to the realisation that there was far too much content in the e-Learning module, I simply didn’t absorb the key messages it was attempting to deliver. It was more of a chore than a memorable learning experience.

 

After spending many months reading about various learning techniques, I came to the conclusion that information is absorbed well when it is memorable, and focused on a few key messages. Less is more.

 

This was the dawn of Education Arcade.

 

As a lover of indie games, animation and cyber security, I decided to mash my skill-sets together, and re-create those memorable learning experiences I had when I was 8 years old. Only this time I'd be helping people learn about good cyber security behaviours.

 

I am extremely proud of the work we’ve done so far and continue to look forward to helping others become more cyber-savvy.