Play is key to expanding and broadening our embodied experience with our surroundings. It is an exploratory and experiential means … More
Author: Sylvester Arnab
A researcher, practitioner, author, and speaker of empathic and experiential playful and gameful design practices.
The Game Science team going to ECGBL 2016
The Game Science team has been carrying out various research and development in the area of game-based learning, serious gaming … More
Game Science in a Hybrid Learning Space
As mentioned in one of my blog posts, I’m working on a book idea around the power of gameful and … More
Early view – marrying learning and games for #seriousgames #gamification design in #highereducation
A paper co-written with Petros Lameras and Samantha Clarke is now available online (in press) to be published by British … More
#PlayingForReal in Helsinki
The ErasmusPlus Playing For Real project is coming to an end (31 August 2016) and the meeting that is currently … More
Immersive narrative – a collaboration with colleagues at Coventry University
There are so many variables that influence human behaviours, attitudes, habits and actions, and understanding people as individuals is a … More
Article accepted for publication – Simulation and Gaming
The mapping of Learning Mechanics- Game Mechanics (LM-GM) has been explored to better understand the relationships between pedagogical constructs and game-play mechanics. … More
Social and gamified platform for co-curation – paper accepted. #gamification
A research paper has just been accepted for presentation and publication at the upcoming 10th European Conference on Game Based … More
What is your story?
Understanding abstract concepts can be a bit tricky if they are not relatable. Personalising narratives around a topic or a … More
Back to basics with Game Changers
Learning in the 21st century is definitely very hybrid. But there was a time when the interest was very much … More
Sylvester Arnab 