NASA Studying Education Games

This article from the The Intelligencer & Wheeling News-Register describes an open search that NASA is conducting for students aged 13-18 to participate in the administrations exploration into what it takes to create a fun and educational game. Using the NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future at Wheeling Jesuit University, students will use an educational program called Selene and the researchers will monitor their usage and learning after exposure to the game. The study is recruiting students in the Wheeling area and the initial study results should be made available publicly later this year. The game and its supporting web page are located here for the curious.

Could it be that learning institutions are finally coming to understand the value of games as an educational medium?