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Beavis, Catherine; O'Mara, Joanne; Thompson, Roberta – Learning, Media and Technology, 2021
There is growing interest in the incorporation of digital games as part of the suite of offerings in museum education in heritage environments. Digital games are seen as ways of recreating historic worlds, affording empathetic and affective engagement, and increasing interest in and understanding of historical periods or processes, working in…
Descriptors: Museums, Video Games, Pilot Projects, Archaeology
Dezuanni, Michael; O'Mara, Joanne; Beavis, Catherine – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
This article investigates 8-and 9-year-old girls' use of the popular game "Minecraft" at home and school, particularly the ways in which they performatively "bring themselves into being" through talk and digital production in the social spaces of the classroom and within the game's multiplayer online world. We explore how the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Females, Children, Video Games
Beavis, Catherine; Walsh, Christopher; Bradford, Clare; O'Mara, Joanne; Apperley, Thomas; Gutierrez, Amanda – English in Australia, 2015
The need for English and literacy curriculum to connect with young people's lifeworlds to build bridges and frames of reference that connect traditional English curriculum with digital texts and literacies, are increasing priorities in curriculum frameworks in Australia and elsewhere. This paper reports on a project in which the authors worked…
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Curriculum, Heuristics, Teaching Methods
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
Sweetser, Penelope – Journal of Learning Design, 2013
Level design is often characterised as "where the rubber hits the road" in game development. It is a core area of games design, alongside design of game rules and narrative. However, there is a lack of literature dedicated to documenting teaching games design, let alone the more specialised topic of level design. Furthermore, there…
Descriptors: Design, Educational Games, Action Research, Educational Technology
Deed, Craig; Cox, Peter; Dorman, Jeffrey; Edwards, Debra; Farrelly, Cathleen; Keeffe, Mary; Lovejoy, Valerie; Mow, Lucy; Sellings, Peter; Prain, Vaughan; Waldrip, Bruce; Yager, Zali – International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 2014
In this paper we examine how agency is characterised by teachers and students when personalised learning is enacted in the contemporary open classroom. A case study is outlined that identifies teacher reasoning for practice, the use of physical and virtual learning spaces, and student reaction to teacher facilitation of personalised learning.…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Professional Autonomy, Individualized Instruction, Case Studies