3rd European Conference on Games Based Learning

Abstracts Selected

The review panel have completed the selection process of abstracts received to date and the following is a list of abstracts selected for submission as full papers. To maintain the integrity of the blind review process, abstract titles are listed in no particular order and authors are listed alphabetically by lead author surname.

Full papers are due not later than 11 May 2009. Please read the style guidelines document. Papers should be submitted as .doc or .rtf file attachments by email to the Conference Manager, Elaine Hayne with the paper submission checklist and copyright form.

You can see an outline programme for the conference on the Programme page.

Abstract titles: listed in random order
Learning Games and professional training; elaboration of a description grid to support the design of role-playing games	Research on Using Computer Games to Construct a Meaningful and Motivating Learning Environment
Development and evaluation of a game to teach requirements collection and analysis in software engineering at higher education level	A survey of students’ motivations for playing computer games; A comparative analysis of three studies in higher education
How a computer game can help in case of dyslexia and dyscalculia.	VR game for visually impaired students
Virtual School game for mentally disabled children	Story Patterns for the Design of Game-based Learning Experiences
Assisting Agriculture students through a mobile gaming experience	Serious games – design for learning and teaching in a global perspective
Games as preparation for future learning; a reconceptualisation of learning transfer and of the role of games in facilitating it	Affective Computation Driven Scripting Personalization Engine in Game-Based Learning
Game-Oriented Learning Framework (GOLF)	Video Games in education - a national strategy
Managing Organizational Culture Using a Simulation in a Metaverse	Motivation in alternate reality gaming environments and implications for learning
Game-based assessment; can games themselves act as assessment mechanisms? A case study.	Serious game platform for nutritional education; Memory Game acceptability and playability results
Emergence in Digital Educational Games;A World of Incidents in a Universe of Rules	Second Life: The New Technologies as an Incoming Set for Creativity, Education and Cultural Management
Designing Serious Games using Nintendo’s Wii Mote Controller for Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation	Evaluating Serious Games in Higher Education; A version-based comparison of IBM's Innov8
Distance Experiential Learning; Theory and Empirical Analysis	Conceptual change demands support - can games provide it?
Storytelling and Serious Games for Creative Learning in an Intergenerational Setting	Engage Learning – changing learning one game at a time…
User modelling in Learning Games	Increased Mainstreaming of Games in Learning Policies
Exploring the use of simulation as a tool of change management	Does Game-Based Learning exist or is it merely Game-Based Teaching?
Digital mind games: experience-based reflections on design and interface features supporting the development of reasoning skills	A survey of students’ motivations for playing computer games; A comparative analysis of three studies in higher education
Learning Dimensions in Educational Games	New teachership in game worlds
Modelling Players Behaviours and Learning Strategies in Video Games	Arguing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0: The Teacher Training Perspective
Complexity and Dynamics of Gameworlds; Autopoiesis of Possibilities	Towards an evolutionary onto-epistemology of playing games
The tree world. A collaborative video game in Mathematics for children and their parents	“One day I will manage FC Bayern Munich!” - How sports-management-games train prospective sport managers
Purposeful problem generation in simulation games	Blended Learning and Online Business Games – A nice couple for Corporate Learning
Jirafa World; Multi-User Role Playing Game for Primary School Math Education	Developing Games for Higher Education
Student’s Problem Appropriation in an epidemiology game	Forming the Teaching Competences of Future Officers by Using Role Play
Game-based pedagogies in enterprise education using the Activity Theory framework	Augmenting Reality to a Mobile Game to Encourage Social Technical Language Learning
Arguing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0: A Pedagogy for Language Learning	Promoting Social and Personal Skills through Initiative Games in General and Classroom Settings
Learning and assessment through video games	Animating DGBL in pre-school, primary and special education; Three case studies
Virtual learning landscapes to enhance the student learning experience	The motivational power of mini-games for the learning of mathematics
3I-approach for educational games development	Computer Game to Teach Programming Constructs
Teaching Evolution using Game Based Learning	Fort Ancient, Ohio; A curricular approach to developing mobile games for tourists
Development of an Educational Immersive Environment for Primary School Literacy Education.	Gaming and the firewall; exploring learning through play via game design with children
Arguing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0 An Evaluation of a Large-Scale European Pilot	User Personality Modeling in Game-Based Learning System for Mine Disaster Rescue Troop
Videogames and education; a first empirical study in the Basque Country	Parameters for Video Games for the Treatment of Mental Illness in Children
Arguing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0 A Games-Based Learning Platform for Language Learning	A Design Proposal of Game-Based Professional Training System For Highly Dangerous Professions
Using Educational Game Design to Teach Software Engineering	Welcome To My World; Induction To Games For Learning
Impact of cognitive style on game-based learning	A Game to Aid Behavioural Education
Twisted Jeopardy:Making Review Learning Fun	Arguing for Multilingual Motivation in Web 2.0: A Tool for Facilitating Pluriligualism
A formalism to state intended actions, choices and behaviours in games.	Aspects of Social Games in 3D Spaces Considering Usability and Accessibility

Authors: Listed alphabetically by lead author surname
Alshanqiti Hend and Peter Blanchfield, University of Nottingham, UK	Kickmeier-Rust Michael and Dietrich Albert, University of Graz Austria
Andreatos Antonios and Joanne Lekea, Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece	Kiili Kristian, Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland
Baños Rosa, Valencia Universitity / CIBER, Ausias Cebolla, Jaime I University / CIBER, Ernestina Etchemendy, CIBER and Paloma Rasal, Jaime I University, Spain	Kokol Peter, Faculty of Health Sciences and Marko Kokol, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Slovenia
Bates Matthew, David Brown, Wayne Cranton and James Lewis, Nottingham Trent University, UK	Korsgaard Sorensen Elsebeth, University of Aarhus and Mathias Poulsen , PlayConsult Denmark
Benzeltout Boubakeur, Universite 8 mai 45, Algeria and Peter Blanchfield, University of Nottingham UK	Kretschmann Rolf, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Blanchfield Peter and John Carr, University of Nottingham, UK	Littleton Fiona, University of Edinburgh, UK
Blanchfield Peter,University of Nottingham, UK	Lönnroth Love and Björn Cronqvist, Jirafa AB Sweden
Blum Patrick, inside Akademie GmbH, Germany	Maciuszek Dennis and Alke Martens, University of Rostock Germany
Bodevin Suzanne, University of Notre Dame, USA	Mariais Christelle, Florence Michau and Jean-Philippe Pernin, Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble – Equipe MeTAH, France
Bodhanya Shamim and Cecile Gerwel, Leadership Centre, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa	Marty Jean-Charles and Thibault Carron, University of Savoie, Campus Scientifique France
Boskic Natasha, The University of British Columbia, Canada	Matsuhisa Takashi, Ibaraki National College of Technology, Japan
Bröker Thomas and Oliver Kornadt, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany	Meyer Benjamin, University of Cincinnati, DAAP, USA
Brown David, Nottingham Trent University, UK	Meyer Bente and Birgitte Holm Sørensen, School of Education, Aarhus University Denmark
Bumbuc Stefania and Crenguta Mihaela Macovei, Nicolae Balcescu Land Forces Academy, Romania	Minovi Miroslav, Miloš Milovanovi, Ivana Kova and Dušan Starevi, Belgrade University, Serbia
Charles Therese, Dave Bustard and Michaela Black, University of Ulster, UK	Nelson Betty, Georgia Southern University, USA
Charles Darryl and Michael McNeill, University of Ulster, UK	O Suilleabhain Gearoid, Paul Walsh, Cork Institute of Technology Irelan and Julie-Ann Sime, Lancaster University, UK
Charlier Nathalie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium	Ott Michela, R.M Bottino and V. Benigno, Istituto Tecnologie Didattiche (ITD), Italy
Chavez-Aguayo Marco Antoino, University of Barcelona, Spain	Pannese Lucia, imaginary srl, Italy, Sónia Hetzner, Institute for Innovation in Learning (FIM NewLearning), Germany, Linda Confalonieri and Giulia Maggi, imaginary srl, Italy
Connolly Thomas, Liz Boyle and Thomas Hainey, University of the West of Scotland, UK	Patrikakis Charalampos, Agricultural University of Athens (Informatics Laboratory), Greece
Connolly Thomas and Thomas Hainey, University of the West of Scotland, UK	Peachey Paul, University of Glamorgan, UK
Connolly Thomas, University of the West of Scotland, UK	Pimenidis Elias, University of East London, UK
Cui Qian, Xueli Yu, Zhi Li and Changneng Zhou, Taiyuan University of Technology, China	Pivec Marja, FH-Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Dai Honghong and Bal Jay, Warwick University, UK	Pivec Paul , Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and Maja Pivec, FH-Joanneum, Graz Austria
DePryck Koen, CVO Antwerpen-Zuid, Belgium	Poulsen Mathias and Ella Myhring, Spilskole.dk, Denmark
Drozdik Dolli, University of Pannonia, Hungary	Price Colin, University of Worcester, UK
Felicia Patrick, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland	Remmele Bernd, Julia Krämer, Martina Schmette and Günther Seeber, WHL Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr, Germany
Fotouhi-Ghazvini Faranak, University of Bradford, UK	Shabalina Olga, Pavel Vorobkalov, Alexander Kataev and Alexey Tarasenko, Volgograd State Technical University, Russia
Goncalves Celso, University of Grenoble, Muriel Ney, Nicolas Balacheff, CNRS and Jean-Luc Bosson, University and Hospital of Grenoble, France	Sik Lanyi Cecilia, University of Pannonia, Hungary
Gouscos Dimitris, Dimitra Florou, Chara Mavroudi and Irini Haidi, University of Athens, Greece	Suggett Anna and Kay Meager, Essex County Council UK
Hammermüller Klaus, talkademy.org, Sebastian Kelle, Open Universiteit Nederland, The Netherlands, Iqbal Tassawar, Vienna University of Technology and Barbara Kocher, University of Applied Science Hagenberg, Austria	Svingby Gunilla and Eva Riesbeck, Malmö University, Sweden
Hildmann Jule, Centrum für Erlebnispädagogik Volkersberg, Germany and Hanno Hildmann, University of the West of Scotland, UK	Tsvetanova Sevda, University of Rousse, Bulgaria and Thomas Connolly, University of the West of Scotland UK
Hildmann Hanno, University of the West of Scotland (UWS), UK	Tsvetkova Nina, Sofia University, Bulgaria, Thomas Connolly, Mark Stansfield and Tom Hainey, University of the West of Scotland, UK
Horváth Milán, Cecilia Sik Lanyi, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary and Paulo Maia Sampaio, University of Madeira, Portugal	Weidong Chen, Suzhou University of Science & Technology, China
Imaz Bengoechea Jose Ignacio, University of the Basque Country, Spain	Whitton Nicola, Manchester Metropolitan University, Alex Moseley, Leicester University, Juliette Culver, The Open University and Katie Piatt, University of Brighton, UK
Jonker Vincent, Monica Wijers, Frans Van Galen and Paul Drijvers, Freudenthal institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands	Xueli Yu, Li Zhi, Zhou Changneng and Zhuo Guangping, Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Joubert Pieter and Sumarie Roodt, University of Pretoria, South Africa	Zhou Changneng and Xueli Yu, Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Ketamo Harri, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences and Kristian Kiili, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

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