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Serious games in education : a global perspective / edited by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Bente Meyer & Birgitte Holm Srensen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games.
- Computer-assisted instruction.
- Educational games.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the global culture of education, game-based learning needs to be an integrated part of formal education, and not just an 'exotic spice' for many educators, as it is today. The critical role of the educator as a facilitator, gatekeeper and enabler of serious games is often downplayed. Therefore a comparison across regions is needed so that we do not limit the potential of transferring best practice, research results and the development of games across borders. This book deals with three key questions: How are serious games understood and designed? How do they establish themselves in learning a.
- Contents:
- 1. State of the art
- Game-Based learning: a review of the state of the art / Patrick Felicia, Simon Egenfeld-Nielsen
- 2. Methods
- Design-based action research / Rikke Magnussen & Birgitte Holm Sorensen
- Making connections
- global and local issues in researching the policy of serious games in education / Bente Meyer, Birgitte Holm Sorensen, Thorkild Hanghoj & Lars Birch Andreasen
- Multi-sited analysis of game-based learning / Bente Meyer
- 3. Educational design
- Educational design for serious games / Birgitte Holm Sorensen
- 4. Teachers and serious games
- Teacher Roles and Positionings in Relation to Educational Games / Thorkild Hanghoj & Christian Engel Brund
- Educational Design for Learning Games with a focus on the teacher's roles / Birgitte Holm Sorensen & Bente Meyer
- 5. Game and play
- Learning Games and the Disruptive Effects of Play / Carsten Jessen
- A Game Magically Circling / Stine Ejsing-Duun
- 6. Game-based learning's struggle for adaptation
- International survey on the experiences and perceptions of teachers / Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9788771242591
- 8771242597
- OCLC:
- 812254044
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