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Today's Video game generation have grown up in a fast paced and interactive environment. Engaging their minds in the normal school curriculum requires innovative and creative learning techniques. If we can harness the enthusiasm for playing video...

Having worked with cerebral palsy students over the past year, I was astounded to have my research approval questioned by the ethics committee. My research was to help improve the quality of life for these students and yet I was unable to interview...

A tertiary student with cerebral palsy approached me and asked for my help. She wanted to obtain a driver's licence in a car modified with hand controls, but was required to pass a practical test before being allowed to enrol for lessons. The test...

The potential of digital game-based learning for eInclusion is presented in this paper. Several cases of successful application of games in the area of socialisation, creating experience and therapeutic purpose are outlined, thus implicating the...

The pedagogical, social, and learning aspects from commercial computer games are pure chance and not by design. Many students play educational games as part of the curriculum and because they have to; and many educational games do not deliver on the ...

The aim of the symposium is to highlight the potential of game-based learning through innovative learning approaches. The potential of digital game-based learning for eInclusion will also be included with several cases of the successful application...

This paper addresses the question of why young people will invest many hours of their time posting entries and subscribing to many online discussion forums, yet when asked to participate for class work, they only type one or two sentences....

This paper addresses the issues surrounding knowledge and skill acquisition from Game-Based Learning. Using both the learning models of Garris, Ahlers, and Driskell (2002) and Klob (1984), an enhanced conceptual model of how and where game-based...