Endogenous fantasy and learning in digital games

Development of a scale for fantasy state in digital games

Digital games appear to motivate players intrinsically. Of various game features, fantasy in particularly plays a crucial role in enhancing motivation and is a key factor in immersion in gameplay. As with its inherent value, fantasy also plays a vital role in distinguishing digital games itself from other media. Despite its significance, fantasy has received little attention, and this concept i...

Digital games in medical education:Key terms, concepts, and definitions

Background: Game-based education is fast becoming a key instrument in medical education. Method: In this study, papers related to games were filtered and limited to full-text peer-reviewed published in English. Results: To the best of researchers’ knowledge, the concepts used in the literature are varied and distinct, and the literature is not conclusive on the definition of educational...

Digital Games, Design, and Learning

s Excluded(n = 3,141) Irretrievable Citations(n = 5) Not Eligible(n = 970) Literature review:32Ineligible research design:767Ineligible participant population: 67Ineligible game/intervention:40Ineligible outcome type:19Ineligible language/publication year: 16Ineligible effect size info29 FIGURE 1. Study identification flow diagram.

Motivation, Engagement and Learning through Digital Games

Digital games can be powerful learning environments because they encourage active learning and participation within “affinity groups” (Gee, 2004). However, the use of games in formal educational environments is not always successful (O’Neil et al., 2005). There is a need to update existing theories of motivation and engagement in order to take recent game-related developments into account. Unde...

Digital games: motivation, engagement and informal learning