Cases on Digital Game-Based Learning: Methods, Models, and Strategies

Editorial Advisory Board
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Section 1: Teaching with Commercial Games
	1 “Come Fly with Us”: Playing with Girlhood in the World of Pixie Hollow • Maria Velazquez
	2 Using MMORPGs in Classrooms: Stories vs. Teachers as Sources of Motivation • Mete Akcaoglu
	3 Are Wii Having Fun Yet? • Christina Badman, Matthew DeNote
	4 Beyond Hidden Bodies and Lost Pigs: Student Perceptions of Foreign Language Learning with Interactive Fiction • Joe Pereira
Section 2: Teaching with Educational Games
	5 Civilization IV in 7th Grade Social Studies: Motivating and Enriching Student Learning with Constructivism, Content standards, and 21st Century Skills • Solomon Senrick
	6 QRienteering: Mobilising the M-Learner with Affordable Learning Games for Campus Inductions • Christopher Horne
	7 Enhancing Nutritional Learning Outcomes within a Simulation and Pervasive Game-Based Strategy • Mark McMahon
	8 “Sell Your Bargains” or Playing a Mixed-Reality Game to Spice-Up Teaching in Higher Education • Chrissi Nerantzi
Section 3: Designing Games for Learning
	9 Medicina: Methods, Models, Strategies • Amanda Müller, Gregory Mathews
	10 Strategies for Effective Digital Games Development and Implementation • T. Lim, S. Louchart, N. Suttie, J.M. Ritchie, R.S. Aylett, I. A. Stănescu, I. Roceanu, I. Martinez-Ortiz, P. Moreno-Ger
	11 Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: Broken Window as a Model of Transmedia Game Learning • Scott J. Warren, Anjum Najmi
Section 4: Learning through Game Design
	12 Get Your Head in the Game: Digital Game-Based Learning with Game Maker • Brian Herrig
	13 Elements of Game Design: Developing a Meaningful Game Design Curriculum for the Classroom • Danielle Herro
	14 Game-Making in a Fourth Grade Art Classroom Using Gamestar Mechanic • Michelle Aubrecht
	15 Using Game Design as a Means to Make Computer Science Accessible to Adolescents • Roxana Hadad
Section 5: Games for Teacher Education
	16 3D GameLab: Quest-Based Pre-Service Teacher Education • Chris Haskell
	17 Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Game-Based Learning in Schools • Soojeong Lee
	18 Death in Rome: Using an Online Game for Inquiry-Based Learning in a Pre-Service Teacher Training Course • Shannon Kennedy-Clark, Vilma Galstaun, Kate Anderson
Section 6: Game-Based Learning in Practice
	19 Games, Models, and Simulations in the Classroom: Designing for Epistemic Activities • Terence C. Ahern, Angela Dowling
	20 The Role of Animations and Manipulatives in Supporting Learning and Communication in Mathematics Classrooms • Lida J. Uribe-Flórez, Jesús Trespalacios
	21 It’s All in How You Play the Game: Increasing the Impact of Gameplay in Classrooms • Shani Reid, Scot Osterweil
	22 Challenges of Introducting Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Educational Curriculum • C. Ribeiro, J. Pereira, C. Calado, C. Ferreira
Section 7: Researching Games and Learning
	23 Serious Games for Reflective Learning: Experiences from the MIRROR Project • L. Pannese, M. Prilla, A. Ascolese, D. Morosini
	24 Evaluating Games in Classrooms: A Case Study with DOGeometry • Günter Wallner, Simone Kriglstein, Johannes Biba
	25 Learning with the Support of a Digital Game in the Introduction to Finance Class: Analysis of the Students’ Perception of the Game’s Ease of Use and Usefulness • M. Romero, M. Usart
	26 Racing Academy: A Case Study of a Digital Game for Supporting Students Learning of Physics and Engineering • Richard Joiner, Ioanna Iacovides, Jos Darling, Andy Diament, Ben Drew, John Duddley, Martin Owen, Carl Gavin
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index