The earliest games have been used to support training and learning objectives (Coleman,
1971). The first games and simulations, for specifically educational purposes, were in fact …

This review of gender and gameplay research over the past three decades documents a set
of persistent methodological repetitions that have systematically impeded its progress since …

This textbook provides the first foundational introduction to the practice of analysing
multimodality, covering the full breadth of media and situations in which multimodality needs …

Video games have long been seen as the exclusive territory of young, heterosexual white
males. In a media landscape dominated by such gamers, players who do not fit this mold …

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the theory, research, and practice of the
use of digital games in second and foreign language teaching and learning (L2TL). It …

Distrusting Educational Technology critically explores the optimistic consensus that has
arisen around the use of digital technology in education. Drawing on a variety of theoretical …

This accessible textbook gives students the tools they need to analyze games using
strategies borrowed from textual analysis. As the field of game studies grows, videogame …

This innovative text examines videogames and gaming from the point of view of discourse
analysis. In particular, it studies two major aspects of videogame-related communication: the …

This article offers a rationale for the notion of «digital literacy» in education. Pointing to some
of the limitations of previous proposals in this field, it outlines a framework based on four key …

Beyond Technology offers a challenging new analysis of learning, young people and digital
media. Disputing both utopian fantasies about the transformation of education and …