RMIT University
- Start Date: 23 Oct, 2023
- 5 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Discover the emerging field of Game Finance and learn how gaming can be harnessed to create new business models and opportunities.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Explore GameFi with RMIT University
Game Finance, or GameFi, combines elements of blockchain technology, decentralised finance (DeFi), and gaming to create innovative business models and opportunities.
This five-week course from RMIT University provides a comprehensive overview of developments in GameFi. From the fundamentals of gaming in the era of Web3 to the uses of gaming technology within finance, you’ll gain the knowledge you need to navigate an exciting new financial landscape.
Examine the specificities of Web3 gaming
The course will start with an overview of gaming in Web3. You’ll learn how the latest digital technologies have influenced gaming, and what the advantages of these developments are for both gaming and finance.
You’ll also take a detailed look at two examples of Web3 games, Illuvium and Axie Infinity.
Understand the role of blockchain in gaming and GameFi
In the middle two weeks of the course, you’ll explore a range of cutting-edge digital developments transforming gaming, finance, and GameFi. Almost all of these developments are powered by blockchain.
From smart contracts and NFTs to decentralised finance and DAOs, you’ll cover crucial new technologies and their applications within GameFi.
Look to the future of GameFi in the metaverse and beyond
Once you’ve surveyed the lay of the land in Web3 Game Finance, you’ll begin looking towards the future of the field.
You’ll discuss how GameFi business models could transform our approach to finance, and how the development of the metaverse could revolutionise things again. You’ll also explore the gamification of areas beyond finance, including e-commerce.
Whether you’re an avid gamer or an aspiring finance professional, you’ll finish the course with the expertise you need to become a GameFi pioneer.
This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about Web3, Game Finance, and the business opportunities offered by both.
To get the most out of this course, learners will need a basic understanding of blockchain technology, and an active interest in gaming, gamification and/or finance.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
RMIT University
RMIT is a global university of technology, design and enterprise specialising in art and design; architecture and the built environment; engineering; computer science; and business and management studies.
One of Australia’s original tertiary institutions, RMIT University has over 80,000 students (including 12,000 at postgraduate level) who are undertaking professional and vocational education, applied research, and industry and community engagement.
RMIT has a unique approach to meeting the challenge of being ready for life and work: it offers an education that is deeply grounded in ideas and cross-disciplinary understanding, applied through innovative, enterprising practice to solving problems and meeting the needs of its community.
RMIT’s goal is to offer life-changing experiences, and to shape the world with the talent, knowledge and learning capability that it shares.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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