A Design Framework for Reflective Play

JA Miller, K Gandhi, MA Whitby, M Kosa… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Recent research has begun exploring games as a medium for reflection due to their
affordances as interactive systems of challenge. However, little effort has been put into (1) …

An authoring tool to engage younger audiences in the development of nature preservation games: the G4N toolkit to game design

P Beça, M Aresta, R Santos, AI Veloso - International Conference on …, 2021 - Springer
Although research indicates that integrating students as active agents in the development of
games encourages awareness and learning by doing and can be seen as a basis for the …

Supporting the construction of mobile games interfaces: the Gamers4Nature mobile game guidelines cards set

S Ribeiro, P Beça, M Aresta, R Santos… - … Conference on Design …, 2021 - Springer
Research indicates that engaging younger audiences in the creation of their own digital
games for learning may increase the interest towards the addressed theme and a better …

Supporting the construction of game narratives using a toolkit to game design

P Beça, C Ortet, M Aresta, R Santos, A Veloso… - … on Videogame Sciences …, 2020 - Springer
Students are being more often challenged not only to play but also to create games when
there is increasing evidence of the impact, in terms of learning, of students' involvement in …

From players to game creators: promoting environmental and sustainable education through game-creation activities

P Beça, M Aresta - 2022 International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Creating engaging opportunities for young people to know more about nature can act as a
trigger for environmental awareness and internalization of the importance of preserving …

A tool to support the creation of digital games to promote environmental awareness

TMH Suandique, P Beça… - 2021 16th Iberian …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Illustrating to young people the extent to which human attitudes interfere with the well-being
of terrestrial and marine species has been one of the objectives of several environmental …

Scratch-Based Game Development Resource Set for a Toolkit to Game Design

P Beça, S Ribeiro, M Aresta, R Santos… - Perspectives on Design …, 2022 - Springer
Games are engaging activities for students that can be applied in classes worldwide.
Simultaneously, toolkit's potential has been rising over the years due to its ability to …

[PDF][PDF] Jogos para Literacia Criativa: Uma framework para cultivar a literacia criativa através de jogos

JM da Conceição Raimundo - 2022 - repositorio-aberto.up.pt
A criatividade é crucial para se ser bem-sucedido nos atuais contextos económico, social e
cultural. Este é um desafio que requer literacia criativa–a capacidade de aumentar a …

Definition of a Digital Tool to Create Physical Artifacts: The Case of the Gamers4Nature Project

P Beça, S Ribeiro, M Aresta, R Santos… - Perspectives on Design …, 2021 - Springer
In a context where the urgency to act towards the promotion of environmental awareness is
imperative, the Gamers4Nature (G4N) project aims to encourage the active participation of …

LEARNING BY DOING: PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION THROUGH GAME-CREATION ACTIVITIES

P Beça, M Aresta - EDULEARN22 Proceedings, 2022 - library.iated.org
While the potential of digital games in education is widely accepted [1]–[3], encouraging
learners to create their own games reveals learning outcomes that go beyond the …