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This paper conceptualizes the navigation process and presents an empirically tested framework for navigation. The framework was modeled according to literature review and four empirical studies reviewed shortly in this paper. The case studies show...

This paper concerns the question of how information should be presented in educational multimedia. On the basis of previous studies the theoretical basis for multimedia learning is reviewed. It seems that technologies are too often used as...

The main purpose of this paper is to introduce a dynamic game engine called Emperor. Emperor is designed to construct and run educational content management games. In order to facilitate the work of the game administrator several tools have been...

Recent years the lecturers of Tampere University of Technology, Pori have found that a number of new students face problems with engineering mathematics due to inadequate skills on basic mathematics. The problem was solved by developing a Web-based...

This paper examines the experiences of university students (N = 92) who participated in a business simulation game session. The main purpose of the paper is to validate the flow antecedents included in an experiential gaming model aimed to support...

** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2006 ** This study is part of an ongoing attempt to develop a usable and valid scale for assessing the flow experience in educational games. The purpose of the paper is to operationalize the dimensions of flow...

It has been argued that we are moving towards a new generation of educational use of games. The third generation educational games stress the meaning of the teacher in game-based learning by expanding the scope of the games from just playing to...

Power is an influential component of social interaction and there are reasons for thinking that it may have important effects on decision-making, psychological, and interpersonal processes. The aim of this paper was to study the relations between...

Self-Organizing Learning materials are subset of Adaptive learning material, that all are basically meant to support learner’s optimal development. This study focuses on learner’s development as a quantitative phenomenon in terms of achievements,...

Power is an influential component of social interaction and there are reasons for thinking that it may have important effects both on decision-making and psychological and interpersonal processes. The aim of this paper was to study the relations...

In spite of increased interest in game-based learning, relatively little is known about the learning process in games. The aim of this article is to study the process of conceptual change in the context of game-based learning in order to reveal...