While many studies have reported the effectiveness of gamification in motivating students
and making learning more fun, some others have reported contradictory findings regarding …

Gaming is a ubiquitous activity today where many children spend considerable amounts of
time playing various games. Serious games have also become a mainstream educational …

Gaming is a ubiquitous phenomenon today, and game-based learning has become a main
stream teaching and learning activity. Despite the long history of using games in educational …

Each technology is developed within a specific context and related to different social fields.
This paper offers a historical analysis of the beginnings of press narratives about computer …

A well-discussed problem is how to attract a new public to computer programming, and
especially how to reach girls and women. At the same time research reports on that children …

INTRODUCTION: Programming is an important skill in the 21st century and it is important to
reach and motivate the younger audience. Educational games have proved to motivate …

The deep gender gap present in the digital games sector can be seen as a revealing
function of gendered spaces. As such, it is essential to analyze the genderization's micro …

Esports in Portugal have been growing steadily in recent years. As in many other countries,
women are significantly underrepresented in Portuguese esports. New studies with …

Within a globalized world, Portuguese culture lives between the poles of international
influence and the strong inertia of their own cultural structure and dynamics, traditionally …

As more and more people worldwide play online games, identifying how games can help or
harm players' mental health can be helpful for researchers and clinicians developing digital …