Special issue: Electronic games and personalised elearning processes

摘要

This special issue stresses the ongoing research, the theoretical background and the methodology while using educational eGames along with personalised processes. It also concentrates in re-purposing generic games and simulations, within eLearning and bLearning (blended) scenarios. An emerging topic is the integration of such this kind of resources with eLearning standards (i.e., IMS Learning Design, SCORM), and learning systems and contexts. Electronic games and simulations (eGames) have the power of engaging people. They are fun and provide interaction with others, interactivity with scenarios that involve problem solving, story and other engaging elements that enhance the learner's involvement, motivation and creativity, among other benefits. eGames also provide one or more focused goals, well-defined rules, challenging and clear tasks, affiliation, choice, and the right to be wrong without adverse consequences. A key factor for learning is that games also provide outcomes and feedback in real-time that can be used to guide the next actions to be taken and help the user to perceive his/her activity and decisions as part of the flow of the game.