Games and Instructional Design

Chad Boeninger has written a very thoughtful piece entitled: "Learning about instructional design from video games."   He looks at four different games, several books about gaming and learning, and comes up with some thoughts on how we can integrate this knowledge into how we teach our own users.  From his conclusion:

Our users are growing up with games, and these games are extremely capable at keeping the player’s attention while he/she learns how to play the game. Perhaps by understanding how players learn in video games, we can take advantage of this knowledge and create more effective resources for our users.