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Direct linkShoda, Vera Paola – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2022
Let's Play (LP) is the term used to describe the videos of people providing commentary as they play video games that follow either live streaming or pre-edited format uploaded in online video sharing platforms. Previous studies on LP have shown its possible use in literary practice and pedagogical potential. This paper goes deeper into the…
Descriptors: Video Games, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Video Technology
Modding Europa Universalis IV: An Informal Gaming Practice Transposed into a Formal Learning Setting
Loban, Rhett – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
This article explores the use of modding as a formal tool for learning history. The article examines data from a formal analysis of Europa Universalis IV (EUIV), a survey of 331 EUIV forum participants and a case study of 18 university participants. Significant quantitative survey data indicated that 45% (149/331) of participants had modified…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students
Egea-Vivancos, Alejandro; Arias-Ferrer, Laura – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
The extension of technology in current society has encouraged teachers to introduce products based on VR and IVR in their classrooms, especially video games. In this paper the specific role of video games in cultural heritage and history teaching is analyzed. Moreover, the results of recent research on the application of video games in Secondary…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Instructional Design, Educational Games, Video Games
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
Burwell, Catherine; Miller, Thomas – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2016
This article explores the literacy practices associated with Let's Play videos (or LPs) on YouTube. A hybrid of digital gaming and video, LPs feature gameplay footage accompanied by simultaneous commentary recorded by the player. Players may set out to promote, review, critique or satirize a game. In recent years, LPs have become hugely popular…
Descriptors: Video Games, Literacy, Educational Practices, Educational Games
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
