Game-Based Learning Across the Lifespan Cross-Generational and Age-Oriented Topics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Romero, Margarida (Editor), Sawchuk, Kimberly (Editor), Blat, Josep (Editor), Sayago, Sergio (Editor), Ouellet, Hubert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in Game-Based Learning
• Subjects: Education.; Educational technology.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Educational Technology.; Learning & Instruction.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.
• Physical Description: IX, 154 p. 34 illus., 33 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319417974

The book provides a systemic view of the state-of-the-art of Digital Game Based Learning (DGBL) across the lifespan, from age-specific game design requirements to technological devices that could overcome child and older adult difficulties in the use of DGBL technologies. Other topics include cross-generational digital game-based learning, workplace gaming, exergaming, serious games to tackle societal challenges,and implications of DGBL across the lifespan for game designers. In addition to the state-of-the-art methodologies provided for age-specific gamedesign, development, implementation and assessment, a significant portion of the book focuses on case studies where DGBL have been designed and implemented in every age groups and in cross-generational situations.