Hello! I'm a management major doing some research on educational video games:

Just wanted to ask if you have any good sources/references/insights/anything interesting about video games being used in education? especially in the collegiate level. Things I want to find out are: >The usual target segment for these games have been children, are there games that are educational that are targeted for a mature/college-level audience?

>How has the educational games market been doing? Do teachers really use it? Would you use it to teach college students?

>Are there any MMO(Massive Multiplayer Online) educational games?

>How about Online Classrooms similar to video games?

>anything interesting/ keep in mind about either or a combination of 3D/MMO/Educational Video Games

 Im looking for really good material :) The end project is i'll be doing a sort of 3D MMo educational videogame using the projectwonderland engine, im doing the background of the study. Thank you so much!

The closest I've heard about video games being used in instruction at the college level are simulations.  There are a bunch of articles out there like this one:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3752/is_200305/ai_n9287624/

Google around and you'll find them.

You might also search for articles on how universities are using Second Life.  To me that's just a big video game, although there are a number of universities playing around with it, and it does seem useful for things like recreating a museum or historical place.  I saw someone had put together the Cotton Club in its heyday in Second Life, and that was pretty cool.

Good luck,

-=Steve=-