Executive Education

The Mason Game and Technology Academy (MGTA) and Virginia Serious Game Institute (VSGI)

 

Executive Education Certificate Program (credit or non-credit)

George Mason University’s Mason Game and Technology Academy provides workforce development and continuing education for those who want to cultivate new skills in Machine Learning, Augmented/Virtual Reality, Serious Game Development/Gamification, and Modeling/Simulation. Courses are tailored to an organization’s specific requirements, and they are developed and taught by experienced faculty who are subject matter experts in both a university and industry setting. Our comprehensive approach to designing course curriculum and content helps organizations strategically increase their professional skill sets in cutting-edge technologies.

Expert Faculty to Customize your Learning Solutions

Our team of subject-matter experts will consult with organizations to determine need, requirements, expectations, time frame, and outcomes, to provide customized training that ensures success.

Customized Courses and Certifications

We provide a full-range of on-site or virtual professional services with capabilities to provide professional development and certifications in the following areas:

  • Certificate in Machine Learning and Deep Learning
  • Certificate in Gamification
  • Certificate in Serious Game Design and Development
  • Certificate in Peace Gaming

Why MGTA? Differentiators that Matter

  • Customized curriculum,  goals, objectives, and specific outcomes
  • Competitive pricing that meets organizational budget, training timelines and deliverables
  • Classroom, virtual, eLearning and blended learning solutions platforms
  • Instructors who bring real-world solutions

Examples of Work for MGTA Clients:

For the Virginia Department of Education, we assisted with curriculum development to provide a teacher training program offering a series of courses for computer game design, immersive technologies, and STEM education for Middle and High School teachers.

For Tencent Games, we host workshops for teachers in Shenzhen, China, providing them with an understanding of the value of functional games, and how they can improve complex subject matter instruction. These workshops focus on both English Literacy and science, and provide an overview of how games can be integrated into standing middle-school curricula to improve student engagement and motivation.

Level Up Your Literacy was developed and implemented by MGTA to provide an innovative and engaging literacy curriculum designed to foster creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills in students who struggled with the Standards of Learning (SOLs) in reading and writing.

For the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, we developed and implemented a full range of game training for agents and trainers in Serious Game Development to help them create customized training games.

For the Department of Homeland Security, United States Secret Service and Security and Incident Modeling Lab we are designing a customized curriculum for the management, administration and certification of their game-based training.

For the Tyson’s Regional Chamber of Commerce, we hosted the panel “AI and Education” at Tyson’s 2050 to explore the potential of AI to transform education and training and its impact on the workforce of the future.