{"id":233,"date":"2012-08-22T14:54:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:19:18","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Books:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00f8rg\u00e5rd, R. &amp; Whitton, N. (Eds) (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Playful-University-Philosophy-Pedagogy-Politics-and-Principles\/Norgard-Whitton\/p\/book\/9781032408453\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Playful-University-Philosophy-Pedagogy-Politics-and-Principles\/Norgard-Whitton\/p\/book\/9781032408453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Playful University.<\/a> London: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-13975-8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-13975-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Play and Learning in Adulthood: Reimagining Pedagogy and the Politics of Education<\/a>. London: Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. &amp; Moseley, A. (Eds) (2019) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Playful-Learning-Events-and-Activities-to-Engage-Adults\/Whitton-Moseley\/p\/book\/9781138496446\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Playful-Learning-Events-and-Activities-to-Engage-Adults\/Whitton-Moseley\/p\/book\/9781138496446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playful Learning: Events and Activities to Engage Adults<\/a>. New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rooney, P. &amp; Whitton, N. (Eds) (2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgescholars.com\/product\/978-1-4438-8809-7\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgescholars.com\/product\/978-1-4438-8809-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game-Based Learning and the Power of Play: exploring evidence, challenges and future directions<\/a>. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. (2014). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/products\/9780415629393\" target=\"_blank\">Digital games and learning: research and theory<\/a>. New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moseley, A. &amp; Whitton, N. (Eds) (2013). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/products\/9780415815840\" target=\"_blank\">New traditional games for learning<\/a>. New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baek, Y. &amp; Whitton, N. (2013). <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/book\/cases-digital-game-based-learning\/69843\" target=\"_blank\">Cases on digital game-based learning: methods, models and strategies<\/a><\/em>. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. &amp; Moseley, A. (2012). <a title=\"Using games to enhance teaching and learning\" href=\"http:\/\/gamesbook.playthinklearn.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Using games to enhance learning and teaching<\/a>. Education. New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. (2010). <a title=\"Learning with digital games\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalgames.playthinklearn.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learning with Digital Games: A Practical Guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education<\/a>. New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected research articles:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N., Goodley, C., Lewin, C.\u00a0&amp; Woolley, D. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s42438-025-00558-9\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s42438-025-00558-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Magic Circle of Learning: A Framework of Play in Education.\u00a0<\/a><em>Postdigital Science and Education,<\/em>\u00a07, 542-559.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. &amp; Moseley, A. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.academic-conferences.org\/index.php\/ecgbl\/article\/view\/2718\">Exploring Play as the Nexus of Games and Playfulness<\/a>. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Games Based Learning, Aarhus, Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rawlinson, R. &amp; Whitton, N. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/academic-publishing.org\/index.php\/ejel\/article\/view\/3182\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/academic-publishing.org\/index.php\/ejel\/article\/view\/3182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Escape rooms as tools for learning through failure<\/a>. <em>Journal of e-Learning<\/em>, 22\/4, 19-29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. &amp; Langan, A. M. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13562517.2018.1541885\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13562517.2018.1541885\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fun and games in Higher Education: an analysis of UK student perspectives<\/a>. <em>Teaching in Higher Education<\/em>, 24\/8, 1000-1013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whitton, N. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/journal.alt.ac.uk\/index.php\/rlt\/article\/view\/2035\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/journal.alt.ac.uk\/index.php\/rlt\/article\/view\/2035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playful Learning: Tools, Techniques, and Tactics<\/a>. <em>Research in Learning Technology<\/em>, 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00f8rg\u00e5rd, R., Toft-Nielsen, C. &amp; Whitton, N. (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/21594937.2017.1382997\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/21594937.2017.1382997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playful learning in higher education: developing a signature pedagogy<\/a>. <em>International Journal of Play<\/em>, 6\/3, 272-282.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of my research publications can be accessed via <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Qckdct8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Qckdct8AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other articles:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wonkhe.com\/blogs\/the-case-for-playful-leadership\">The case for playful leadership<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/a-playful-approach-to-learning-means-more-imagination-and-exploration-94850\">A playful approach to learning means more imagination and exploration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-importance-of-play-what-universities-can-learn-from-preschools-53007\">The importance of play: what universities can learn from preschools<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books: N\u00f8rg\u00e5rd, R. &amp; Whitton, N. (Eds) (2024). The Playful University. London: Routledge. Whitton, N. (2023). Play and Learning in Adulthood: Reimagining Pedagogy and the Politics of Education. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Whitton, N. &amp; Moseley, A. (Eds) (2019) Playful Learning: Events and Activities to Engage Adults. New York: Routledge. Rooney, P. &amp; Whitton, N. 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