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Sandberg, Magnus H.; Silseth, Kenneth – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt" digs deep into the question of what it means to be oneself. An upcoming computer game version invites players to take on the role of Peer and thereby raises new questions about identity and identification. By recording dyads of students who play an early version of the game and analysing their interaction…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Classics (Literature), Educational Games, Role Playing
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Hébert, Cristyne; Jenson, Jennifer; Terzopoulos, Tatyana – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
In this article, we report on a study of 32 teachers and their implementation of a digital game designed to support the human and physical geography curriculum in grades 7 and 8 in the province of Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the paper is to analyze and robustly represent the experiences of teachers who participated in the study, most of whom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Beavis, Catherine; Rowan, Leonie; Dezuanni, Michael; McGillivray, Christie; O'Mara, Joanne; Prestridge, Sarah; Stieler-Hunt, Colleen; Thompson, Roberta; Zagami, Jason – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2014
Teachers' beliefs about what it is (or is not) possible to achieve with digital games in educational contexts will inevitably influence the decisions that they make about how, when, and for what specific purposes they will bring these games into their classrooms. They play a crucial role in both shaping and responding to the complex contextual…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Video Games, Mixed Methods Research
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Apperley, Tom; Beavis, Catherine – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
This article outlines a model for teaching both computer games and videogames in the classroom for teachers. The model illustrates the connections between in-game actions and youth gaming culture. The article explains how the out-of-school knowledge building, creation and collaboration that occurs in gaming and gaming culture has an impact on…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Computer Games, Video Games, Teaching Methods