Although educational games have revealed to be a very effective focus in diverse situations, their use in education is still very limited. In this paper we analyse the main challenges concerning educational games that, from our perspective, have to be approached so that the use of this kind of games can be widespread. These challenges are classified in three main dimensions: socio-cultural, edu...

Introduction This synthesis paper discusses the research exploring analogical reasoning, the role of analogies in the engineering design process, and educational applications for analogical reasoning. Researchers have discovered that analogical reasoning is often a fundamental cognitive tool in design problem solving. Regarding the possible role of analogical reasoning in the context of technol...

Technological literacy is essential for students learning in an educational environment that is increasingly emphasising the use of technology. This paper reports on a number of issues involved in the embedding of technological literacy at an institutional, faculty and individual level. At the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), an integrated approach to the acquisition of technological ...