Literacy in the digital age: Learning from computer games

Mindless Repetition: Learning from Computer Games

This paper examines what an understanding of some of the key characteristics of computer games can contribute to design. Drawing on insights from Freud, hermeneutical theorists, and games themselves, we focus on repetition, its variation, and the matter of the ethical in computer games. The essay is concerned less with resolving the ethical questions posed than showing that the ethical also suc...

The digital instructor for literacy learning

The DigLIn project aims at providing concrete solutions for adult literacy students by developing and testing L2 literacy acquisition material in four different languages and by employing Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) to analyse the learner’s read speech output and provide feedback. We develop the technology, design sample exercises for different languages (Dutch, English, German and Finni...

Computer Games and Digital Cultures

Digital literacy – towards a re description of literacy for the digital learning environments . Paper presented at the Conference Interactive Computer Aided Learning , 26 - 28 September , Villach , Austria

The concepts of ‘digital literacy’ and ‘digital competence’ are the focus in this paper. The paper will argue that the traditional concepts regarding literacy need to be re described and augmented when faced with the challenges and affordances of the digital learning environments. The paper will suggest a theoretical framework for how to understand the ways in which young people include digital...

Application of Digital Games in the Field of Health

The article is a letter to the editor, so it has no abstract.