{"id":290,"date":"2012-09-25T09:32:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T08:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/?p=290"},"modified":"2012-09-25T09:32:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T08:32:24","slug":"special-issue-on-learning-and-engagement-with-games-and-simulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/special-issue-on-learning-and-engagement-with-games-and-simulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Special issue on learning and engagement with games and simulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myself and <a href=\"http:\/\/moerg.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Moseley<\/a> from the University of Leicester are guest editing a special issue of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/sag.sagepub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simulation &amp; Gaming <\/a><\/em>on the theme of Engagement, Simulation\/Gaming and Learning.<\/p>\n<p>We are seeking submissions from a range of viewpoints and theoretical bases, using a variety of research methods and approaches, as well as articles that provide a practical perspective grounded in research. \u00a0We hope that this symposium will offer a holistic and critical analysis of engagement \u2013 as well as related ideas such as motivation, commitment, immersion and flow \u2013 and an evaluation of its relevance and value in the sphere of educational game and simulation design, implementation and debriefing.<\/p>\n<p>We encourage a variety of different types of articles related to engagement, simulation\/gaming and learning, including topics such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>engagement theory from different disciplinary perspectives<\/li>\n<li>the relationship between engagement, games and learning<\/li>\n<li>factors influencing levels of engagement with games and simulations<\/li>\n<li>case studies evidencing engagement in games and simulations<\/li>\n<li>ways in which to evaluate and measure engagement<\/li>\n<li>engagement in reflection and debriefing with games and simulations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full <a href=\"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/SG_engagement_call.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">call for articles<\/a> can be downloaded here (pdf).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myself and Alex Moseley from the University of Leicester are guest editing a special issue of Simulation &amp; Gaming on the theme of Engagement, Simulation\/Gaming and Learning. We are seeking submissions from a range of viewpoints and theoretical bases, using&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/special-issue-on-learning-and-engagement-with-games-and-simulations\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71sY0-4G","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295,"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}