Ludic Design in 2025: Community, Care, and Purposeful Play

As we come to the end of 2025, we are reflecting on a year that has been firmly grounded in … More

Designing for Inclusion: From CreativeCulture to ACES and Beyond

At the heart of every educational or societal transformation lies a simple question: Who is being included, and how?For over … More

One Year Anniversary! Game Science in Hybrid Learning Spaces

It is one year today since my book release. Nerve-wracking but a very proud moment. A book is never perfect … More

Playful learning for developing resilience?

It is time of the year for the annual (peer-reviewed) European Conference on Game-Based Learning (ECGBL) and I am so … More

Mapping learning aspects to mini-game elements

We recently presented and published a paper on micro-learning and mini-gaming at the ECGBL 2020 conference, featuring our pedagogy-informed design … More

Can educators be a game designer and a co-author of gamified learning?

Games, which are more readily embedded into existing educational practices, are more likely to be accepted by educators as useful … More

Co-creativity inspired by play and games

Recently keynoted at the ever so successful Remix Play 2 Summit at Coventry University’s Disruptive Media Learning Lab. Huge congratulations … More

Trans-disciplinary model for Game-Based Intervention design

The design and development of game-based application aimed at serious purposes has to consider considerations from relevant disciplines. And it … More