The serious games community is moving toward research focusing on direct comparisons
between learning outcomes of serious games and those of more traditional training …

Although most agree that games can be engaging and that games can be instructive, there
is little consensus regarding the essential characteristics of instructional games. Implicit in …

The science of serious games is growing at a substantial pace, providing new insights into
the nature of game-based learning. Recently, research has begun to focus on the elements …

How to design effective learning opportunities? Why is learning by experience often more
efficient than learning by studying? How to provide the learning experiences needed to …

The implementation of game mechanics (like points or leadersboards) in a serious context is
called “gamification”. In this explorative analysis of a single case participants of an online …

How to design effective learning opportunities? Why is learning by experience often more
efficient than learning by studying? How to provide the learning experiences needed to …

Despite its potential, empirical evidence of the educational effectiveness of Digital Game-
based Learning (DGBL) for manufacturing education is still limited. To this respect, the Life …

Colleges and universities have begun to understand the instructional potential of digital
game-based learning (DGBL) due to digital games' immersive features. These features …

This experimental study was intended to examine whether the integration of game
characteristics in the OpenSimulator-supported virtual reality (VR) learning environment can …

In this dissertation, the relationship between flow state, serious games, and learning was
examined. Serious games, which are games that convey something other than enjoyment …