Playful Design Applications in Digital Education & Training
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2021) | Viewed by 4719
Special Issue Editor
Interests: metaverse; virtual reality; virtual worlds; instructional design; problem-based learning; gamification; serious games; digital storytelling; open distance and digital education
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Dear Colleagues,
In an era where education is being disrupted by the pandemic and social distancing, there is a need to accelerate the reconceptualization of digital education and distance learning by emphasizing the profound human experience that learning is transformative and durable when it is appealing, meaningful, and enjoyable.
Integrating game elements into teaching and learning is a proven practice for all fields and levels of education. Playful design is the simplest way to integrate basic game elements or aesthetics into a non-gaming educational context.
How can playful design help stakeholders to enhance digital teaching and learning? What are some innovative applications that effectively integrate playful design into distance education, open education (MOOCs), blended learning and flipped learning?
The goal of this Special Issue is to collect original and high-quality research articles, as well as review papers focused on the theoretical and practical aspects related to playful learning. Exceptional contributions that extend previously published work will also be considered, under the condition that they contribute at least 40% new results. Authors of such submissions will be required to provide a clear indication of the new contributions and explain how this work extends the original contributions. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Humor;
- Fun;
- Experimentation;
- Creation;
- Expression;
- Exploration;
- Live performance;
- Narrative;
- Comic books;
- Storytelling;
- Problem-solving;
- Repetition;
- Guided practice;
- Role-play;
- Make-believe;
- Theming;
- Exaggeration;
- Simulation
Dr. Stylianos Mystakidis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- play
- playful learning
- playful design
- serious play
- playfulness
- playification
- play-based learning
- creativity
- creative problem-based learning
- story-based learning
- narrative education
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