Introduction to the GaLA Conf 2019 Special Issue

Abstract

This issue contains seven selected articles, which gives an overview of the rich field of serious games. So among the topics covered in this issue there are:
 
 gamification of learning experiences,
 serious games in everyday life,
 artificial intelligence as a means to significantly increase the effects of serious games,
 understanding the effect of learner characteristics on the effects of serious games,
 assessing the learning outcomes of serious games systematically, and
 games as objects of generative learning approaches.

Editorial, September 2019

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I am proud to introduce a new special issue dedicated to the 7th edition of the Games and Learning Alliance Conference (GaLA Conf), that was held in Palermo, in December 2018. The conference is represented by the best papers selected by a special reviewers group headed by the conference chais.The introduction to the special issue is given by the chairs, Manuel Gentile (General Chair), Mario Allegra and Heinrich Soebke in [1].In few months, the 8th edition of GaLA Conf will take place, in Athens, Greece, and it will be another great occasion to meet each other and continue the advancement of our growing community of academicians and practitioners in the field of serious games.

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“…The introduction to the special issue is given by the chairs, Manuel Gentile (General Chair), Mario Allegra and Heinrich Soebke in [1].…”