This article explores the identity of youth in relation to the information sources they choose in
the constellation of information of video games, using the massively multiplayer online game …

Digital games have become popular for engaging students in a range of learning goals, both
in the classroom and the after-school space. In this article, I discuss a specific genre of video …

In The Maker movement manifesto (2014), Mark Hatch, the CEO of TechShop—a household
name in the Maker movement since its launch in 2006—describes Makers' activities and …

This research presents the results of a survey of 833 US adolescents, ages twelve to
eighteen years old. It was hypothesized that teachers are assigning reading (rather than …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the impact a games-based curriculum
can have on library and information science (LIS) curriculum. Design methodology approach …

Technological advances in the 21st century have led to a powerful information landscape
where successfully managing one's personal information grows ever more complex …

The purpose of this ethnographic study is to understand connected learning of youth in
online communities and how these findings can influence the practice of librarians to …

Existing scholarship on gender in gaming does not well consider social structural factors,
instead either psychologizing gender issues or rendering it an insignificant variable …

Various digital literacy and critical competencies are crucial for success in the information
and media-rich 21st century game of life. This study explores and describes the digital …

This dissertation explores and describes the in-character and out-of-character information
worlds and digital literacy practices of role-players, those that create and enact their …