| | ECGBL Conference Director: | Professor Thomas Connolly, University of the West of Scotland, UK | | 2012 Conference Chair: | Dr. Patrick Felicia, Waterford Institute of Technology | | 2012 Programme Co-Chairs: | Professor Grace Neville and Dr. Sabin Tabirca, University College Cork, Ireland | | Keynote Speaker: | Dr Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen, Serious Games Interactive. | Welcome to the 6th European conference on Game-Based Learning (ECGBL 2012), a conference held in Cork city, and organized by University College Cork and Waterford Institute of Technology. The conference is sponsored by Fáilte Ireland and IGI-Global.
Throughout the years, ECGBL has been a great opportunity to foster the exchange of new ideas among researchers and practitioners, and to contribute to a better appreciation and a wider adoption of Game-Based Learning (GBL) in Europe. It is therefore a great pleasure to host ECGBL 2012 in Cork, to provide a European forum for discussions on the theme of GBL, to support researchers, teachers and students, and contribute to more engaging and effective teaching and learning practices.
At ECGBL 2012, attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about GBL by attending keynotes, presentations, workshops, and showcases, all delivered by experts in the field. In addition to the conference programme, participants will be able to enjoy Cork, a city rich in tradition, history and culture, with many historical and cultural attractions. We would like to thank the members of the organising committee for their invaluable input and the sponsors for their support, and we look forward to seeing you in Cork for an exciting ECGBL 2012.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Patrick Felicia, conference chair, Professor Grace Neville and Dr. Sabin Tabirca, programme co-chairs.
Your contacts for this conference are:
| Important dates | | | | Abstract submission deadline: | 16 March 2012
| Now closed | 
Prizes will be awarded for the best PhD paper and best poster
| | Notification of abstract acceptance: | 23 March 2012
| Completed | | Full paper due for review: | 4 May 2012
| Completed | | Notification of paper acceptance (with any changes): | 13 July 2012 | | | Earlybird registration closes: | 27 July 2012 | | | Final paper due (with any changes): | 10 August 2012 | | | Final author payment date: | 31 August 2012 | |
Registration news
Earlybird registrations are available until 27 July 2012. Please read the earlybird condition on the registration page.
Special reduced rates are available for students and supervisors attending together.
Special reduced rates are offered for group bookings. See the registration page for details.
Blogs
This blogroll links to blogs on games based learning.
Publication opportunity Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment. Selected papers will also be considered for publication in a special issue of the Electronic Journal of e-Learning and to the International Journal of Game-Based Learning. The latest issue of the Electronic Journal of e-Learning is available to read online.
| Conference and Journal Accreditations | | | | ECGBL conference proceedings are: | | | | § listed in the Thomson Reuters ISI Index Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP/ISI Proceedings) | 
| 
| | § listed in the Thomson Reuters Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP) | | § indexed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology in the UK. | | § listed in the EBSCO database | 
| 
| | § indexed by Google Books | | § indexed by Google Scholar | |
Conference publications are submitted for accreditation on publication. Please note that depending on the accreditation body, this process can take several months.
| | | | | | The Electronic Journal of e-Learning is: | 
| 
| | § rated level 1 in the Danish Government bibliometric lists | 
| 
| | § rated level 1 in the Norwegian register of scientific journals and publishers | | § listed in the Cabell Directory of Publishing Opportunities | | § listed in the Open Access Journals database | | § listed in the EBSCO database of electronic journals | | § indexed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology in the UK. | | § Listed in the ProQuest database | 
| 
| | § Included in Scopus | | | | | Conference Status Abstract submissions have now closed. Details of the abstracts selected for submission as full papers can be found on the Abstracts Selected page. The review process is underway and a preliminary programme will be published shortly.
Note to Authors: Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee prefers that an author presents only one paper. However, if multiple papers are accepted for publication and presentation, each paper requires a separate registration fee. Author registration (including payment) must be completed by 31 August 2012.
Proceedings for previous ECGBL conferences can be purchased from our bookshop by clicking on the Purchase Proceedings button.
| Take a quick look at ECGBL 2011 | | |
Who was there?
Due to industrial action taken by air traffic controllers, many participants were not able to get to Greece for the conference. We therefore make available the author pictures provided with papers to help facilitate networking efforts. | 
Author photos
| |
And the winners are:
Congratulations to Sofia Mysirlaki, University of Piraeus, Greece whose paper “Leadership in a Networked World: The case of Massive Multiplayer Online Environments” was awarded Best PhD paper and to Evelyn Cloosen, Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg, Jeroen Dierckx, EDM - UHasselt and Jim Bollansée, Media & Design Academy - KHLim, Belgium, whose poster “Pulling the Strings: Wired Puppetry” was voted best poster at the conference.
|
Best PhD paper
Best Poster
| |
Keynote presentations:
Sara de Freitas and Nicolaos Avouris have kindly made their presentations available for download. These files are quite large and may take some time to download, so please be patient.
|
Sara de Freitas
Nikolaos Avouris
| |
Photo Gallery
Click on the image to see the Picasa gallery of pictures taken during the conference and conference dinner.
| 
| See the complete list of conferences managed by ACI. |
Conference venue
| 
Thomas Connolly
| 
Patrick Felicia
| | 
Grace Neville
| 
Sabin Tabirca
|
Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen
|
