TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Arizona State University is embracing a new age of learning: video games.

“There’s so much ambient learning happening by playing games,” said professor Mark Ollila .

Ollila is a professor at ASU’s rebranded The GAME School and the founding director of Endless Games and Learning Lab, where play meets education.

Now, he’s on a new quest. ASU has partnered up with the non-profit Games for Change to give gamers a real way to build up their professional resumes.

“It’s something that’s been in the back of my mind for a long time,” Ollila said. “I’ve been in the games industry since the last century, and I hear so many times people basically saying, ‘Hey, I learned this by playing this game.’”

Under a new pilot program, student gamers can earn a “micro-credentia

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