ECGBL

15th European Conference on Games Based Learning
23 - 24 September 2021, Virtual Conference

Together with the host university we have made the decision to run ECGBL as a fully virtual conference.  The conference dates will remain 23-24 September 2021. The virtual conference will take place using Zoom and will be an opportunity to present your work to participants from around the globe, listen to important keynote presentations as well as take part in workshops and meet an international group of  people researching in this field during the networking session.

A Virtual Conference hosted by ACI and University of Brighton, UK

Welcome to ECGBL 2021

The European Conference on Games Based Learning was established 14 years ago. It has been held in Austria, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Norway and France to mention only some of the countries that have hosted it. ECGBL is generally attended by participants from more than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic scholars, practitioners, game designers and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of games-based learning and serious games. Among other journals, the Electronic Journal of e-Learning publishes a special edition of the best papers presented at this conference.  

The conference is also host to The 9th International Educational Games Competition.

ECGBL 2021 is being held at University of Brighton, UK on 23 -24^th September 2021

Conference Chair

Programme Chair

Personal Message from the Conference Chairs

On behalf of the ECGBL 2021 organising committee, I am delighted to welcome you to 15th European Conference on Games Based Learning at the University of Brighton in England. Our city has a  population of 290.000 of which around 40.000 are students. As such Brighton is a vibrant and artistic city. Sometimes called “London-by-the-sea” because of its coastal location and proximity to the capital, the city is a centre for digital marketing, internet and social media organisations. ECGBL 2021 will offer you the ideal opportunity to experience Brighton, network with academics and practitioners, exchange ideas and develop new insights. We look forward to seeing you in Brighton in 2021!

Important Dates

Conference Publications

Papers accepted for the ECGBL after the double-blind peer review process, will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment. The conference proceedings have an ISSN (2049-0992) and will be assigned an ISBN on publication. Additionally, papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for further development an possible publication in the journals listed below. Note that journal editors are provided with the conference proceedings and will make selections if they feel work is appropriate and of sufficient quality for the journal. If invited to publish in a journal authors will be expected to develop the work by 40-50%, including a change of title and abstract. Individual journal procedures will need to be followed and there is no guarantee of publication.

• • • International Journal of Game-Based Learning. published by the Information Resource Management Association (DOI: 10.4018/IJGBL, ISSN: 2155-6849, EISSN: 2155-6857)
    • Serious Games published by the European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) Endorsed Transactions
    • Electronic Journal of e-Learning (ISSN 1479-4403)

Conference Accreditations

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL) are:

• • • listed in the Web of Science (WoS) Conference Proceedings Citation Index
    • indexed by the Institution of Engineering and Technology in the UK
    • listed in the EBSCO database
    • listed in the Elsevier SCOPUS abstract and citation database
    • listed on Google Book Search
    • listed on Google Schoolar
    • Ranked by the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers

The Conference Proceedings are submitted for accreditation on publication. Please note that depending on the accreditation body this process can take up to several months.