Futures of ESports
Jul 05, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Episode description
Ben Scragg from eFuse joins host Sean Leahy to talk about the ins and outs of ESports - and the connection to education and learning. Ben and Sean explore some of the emergent ways in which Esports are becoming more mainstream and what opportunities that might hold for future generations of educators and young people.
- History and background of startup company eFuse
- Building a role around education and learning in an esports company
- State of eSports and online gaming
- Gaming leading to educational opportunities
- Role of eSports on literacies in educational systems
- Academic and scholarship opportunities
- Statistics of eSports and growth market
- eSports market revenue worldwide (2019 to 2024)
- How young people can find eSport teams and sponsorships
- Leading eSports games worldwide ($$$ 2021)
- Possible, preferable, and plausible futures of eSports
- eSport audience will pass 500M in 2022
About our Guests:
- Dr. Ben Scragg - Director of Education & Learning for eFuse
- eFuse - https://efuse.gg
The Learning Futures Podcast is produced at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. The Executive Producer is Dr. Sean Leahy, the show is produced by Dr. Clarin Collins and Karina Muñoz Baltazar, with technical production provided by Jacob Snider.
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