European Conference on Games Based Learning

Proceedings of ECGBL 2007
The European Conference on Games Based Learning
held at the Glynhill Hotel, Scotland, UK
on 25-26 October 2007

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Paper Title	Author(s)	Page
Preface		iv
Biographies of Conference Chairs, Programme Chair, Keynote Speaker and Mini-track Chairs		vi
Biographies of contributing authors		vii
Profitable Experiences from a Business Game	Mohammad Ali and Jonathan Hill School of Business and Management, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University, UK	1
From Popular Culture to Traditional Culture: Learning Through Video Games	Neil Anderson James Cook University, Cairns, Australia	7
Leisure Time and Personal Development Through Video Games: A Case Study Under Development in Barcelona	Daniel Aranda and Jordi Sánchez-Navarro Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	13
Carving Out a New Approach to Learning	Matthew Bates, David Brown, Wayne Cranton and James Lewis Nottingham Trent University, UK	19
Political Education via Video Games?	Tobias Bevc Technische Universität München, Germany	27
Can Serious Games Engage the Disengaged?	David Brown, Nicholas Shopland, Steven Battersby, James Lewis and Lindsay Evett Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK	35
A Competence Jigsaw Puzzle – Making a Language Learning Game in a European Project With Diverse Competence and Diverging Standings	Ellen Brox, Gunn Evertsen and Audun Heggelund Norut, Tromsø, Norway	47
Games as Learning Scenarios: Are you Serious?	Thibault Carron¹, Jean-Charles Marty¹, Jean-Mathias Heraud² and Laure France² ¹Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France ²Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Chambéry, France	55
Teaching Climate Change in Year 8!	Naim Che Pee, Peter Blanchfield and Colin Higgins The University of Nottingham, UK	65
A Survey of Students’ Motivations for Playing Computer Games: A Comparative Analysis	Thomas Connolly, Liz Boyle and Thomas Hainey University of Paisley, Scotland	71
Evaluating the Effect of Personality on the Design of Educational Games	Patrick Felicia and Ian Pitt University College of Cork, Ireland	79
Game Based Learning Beyond Simulations	Marco Gómez-Martín, Pedro Gómez-Martín and Pedro González-Calero Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain	89
Improving Negotiation Skills Through an Online Business Game	Marco Greco and Gianluca Murgia Tor Vergata University - Business Engineering Department, Rome, Italy	97
Does Games-Based Learning, Based on a Constructivist Pedagogy, Enhance the Learning Experience and Outcomes for the Student Compared to a Traditional Didactic Pedagogy?	Ashley Healy and Professor Thomas Connolly University of Paisley, Paisley, Scotland	105
A Formal Approach to Represent, Implement and Assess Learning Targets in Computer Games	Hanno Hildmann and Daniel Livingstone University of Paisley, Scotland	115
Casual Games Provide Stress Relief for Female Gamer in Taiwan	Yu-Ping Hsu¹, Kuang-Chen Hsu² and Chang-Ming Ko³ ¹Shu-Zen College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan ²Soho, Game Designer, Kaohsiung, Taiwan³Logistics Service Integration, Kaohsiung, Taiwan	123
Learning History by Playing a Mobile City Game	Jantina Huizenga¹,Wilfried Admiraal¹, Sanne Akkerman² and Geert ten Dam¹ ¹University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ²University of Utrecht, The Netherlands	127
Organising Learning Environments For Games Based Instruction: Practical Considerations.	Temisan Ige University Of Baden, Ibadan, Nigeria	135
Using Role-Play Virtual Environments to Learn Software Design	Guillermo Jiménez-Díaz, Pedro. González-Calero and Mercedes Gómez-Albarrán Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid. Spain	143
Technology Enhanced Language Learning in Early Childhood - Experiences of an Advanced Training Curriculum for Kindergarten Teachers	Elisabeth Katzlinger Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria	153
Not Breaking the Narrative: Individualized Competence Assessment in Educational Games	Michael Kickmeier-Rust, Dietrich Albert, Cord Hockemeyer and Thomas Augustin University of Graz, Austria	161
Reflective Thinking in Games: Triggers and Constraints	Kristian Kiili¹, Harri Ketamo¹ and Timo Lainema² ¹Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland ²Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland	169
How Decision-Making Styles Affect the Gaming-as-Learning Experience	Timo Lainema¹ and Kristian Kiili² ¹Turku School of Economics, Information Systems Science, Turku, Finland ²Tampere University of Technology, Pori, Finland	177
Learning Support in Multi-User Virtual Environments	Daniel Livingstone School of Computing, University of Paisley, UK	185
Team Play – Using Computer Games to Engage Learners in Teamworking	Colin Maxwell Institute of Computing, Adam Smith College, Kirkcaldy, Scotland	193
A Document Oriented Model for the Design of Serious Games	Mark McMahon Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia	197
The Use of Online Games in Business Education: The IE Business School Experience	Idoia Olazar Instituto de Empresa Business School, Madrid, Spain	205
Developing a Computer Game for University Library Induction	Elias Pimenidis University of East London, UK	215
Using a Commercial Game engine to produce Physics Educational Materials	Colin Price University of Worcester, UK	223
Digital Games as a Learning Tool for Children with Cognitive Disabilities: Literature Review and some Preliminary Methodological and Experimental Results	Maria Saridaki, Constantinos Mourlas, Dimitris Gouscos and Michael Meimaris University of Athens, Athens Greece	233
Designing Multiplayer Educational Games with Online Generic Shells	Louise Sauvé TÉLUQ, l’université à distance de l’UQAM (SAVIE), Québec, Canada	243
Teacher Acceptance of Game-Based Learning in K-12: The Case of River City	Catherine Schifter and Diane Jass Ketelhut Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA	251
Designing Computer Games for Adult Learners	Nicola Whitton¹ and Alison Crerar² ¹Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK ²Napier University, Edinburgh, UK	257