Burmester, M., Gerhard, D., and Thissen, F. (Eds.). 2006. Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe
ISBN: 3-86644-010-3
To download the PDF version or order the book follow the following link:
http://www.uvka.de/univerlag/volltexte/2006/144/

The Proceedings of the SIG-GLUE Symposium in Stuttgart are now available in PDF and in Book Format!
This description is cited from the Proceedings summary:
"Digital games are a significant element in the digital media and information society. They influence the development of media technologies as well as interface design, online social interaction and new evaluation approaches. The game industry develops not only products for leisure, but also for work and learning, with many dimensions in the area of social life, knowledge acquisition and application, gaining of soft skills and of other experiences. Digital games attract researchers from different science fields e.g. sociology, cultural studies, educational theory, psychology, computer science, etc. The Fourth Symposium for Information Design focused on the question of how game based learning environments can motivate and stimulate learners in different situations, and improve learning. It presented didactical and pedagogical issues, as well as actual examples and concrete applications."

Students of Information Design at the FH Joanneum, Austria.

The seminar works of the year 2005 under supervision of game-based-learning-specialist DI Dr. Maja Pivec cover a large and interesting set of topics, ranging from gender issues, to the relevance of games for art, the development of games in communist countries or the ever-popular topic violence in computer games.
Presentations can be found under:
http://informations-design.fh-joanneum.at/gbl/2005.html

Presented at the Digital Game Based Learning, Fourth Symposium for Information Design at Stuttgart Media University

http://www.information-design-symposium.org/2005/studentstrack.php

Authors of the learning Game Scenarios: Lotte Krisper-Ullyett, Heidi Weber, Hamish Macleod, Brock Dubbels, Paul Topcat, Juho Jouhtimäki

In February and March 2005 SIG-GLUE organised an E-mail game about the development and application of learning games. The focus was in social games that can be played online with the use of existing Information and Communication Technologies. We wish to thank all SIG-GLUE Members who participated in the game.

The 4 winning games that received the most votes during the SIG-GLUE game “3CPO – A game about playing games” are:
1st place: “The Fooling Game” posted by Lotte Krisper-Ullyett
2nd place: The “Paper Chace” game posted by Heidi Weber
3rd place: The “Estimation Game” posted by Hamish Macleod
4th place: The “”Huckleberry Finn” game posted by Brock Dubbels

Download the document below to find the Game ideas and learning scenarios shared within SIG-GLUE as part of the E-Mail game: C3PO – a Game about Learning Games.

http://serverprojekt.fh-joanneum.at/sp/index.php?n=bm9

On December 2004 the austrian Community "Neue Medien in der Lehre" (New Media in Education) concentrated their 9. Business Meeting around issues of Game-based Learning. Many interesting projects on game-based learning have been presented there, the presentations of which you can find in the communities website above. Below you can download the events keynote speach by Dr. Anni Koubek. Keynote is in English but the website is german.

Philip Bonanno, University of Malta - Digital Game Based Learning, Fourth Symposium for Information Design, 2. June 2005, Stuttgart Media University

This presentation summarises the findings, as reported in published papers, and discusses current investigations undertaken as part of the research work on the use of Collaborative Gaming for learning.
A preliminary investigation about ‘Patterns of Gaming’ was done to establish the most common gaming devices used, time dedicated for gaming, and most popular games and game genre. The results were interpreted from a Cognitive Neuroscience perspective that disclosed a number of underlying cognitive and motivational gender-related trends.

Michael Begg, Fiona Littleton, Hamish Macleod University of Edinburgh, UK -presented at the Digital Game Based Learning, Fourth Symposium for Information Design, 2. June 2005, Stuttgart Media University

This paper attempts to approach an understanding of the educational importance of games and play from two directions. First, it offers an analysis of the ways in which educational practice can be informed by an understanding of existing digital games as powerful environments for learning. Secondly, it seeks to explore how those steeped in a culture of digital game play might approach their academic study.

Maja Pivec, FH Joanneum, Austria and her "drwarfs" - Digital Game Based Learning, Fourth Symposium for Information Design, 2. June 2005, Stuttgart Media University

The SIG-GLUE community is formatted to provide a world wide communication and exchange platform for game-based learning in the field of universities and lifelong learning. The community could be seen as "knowledge pool" i.e. a resource of guidelines and practical examples that can be taken over thus facilitating the application of game-based learning. In the paper we describe formation process, theoretical background, tools and resources of the SIG-GLUE.

Questions were asked by SIG-GLUE Community Members

Interview with Prof. Gilly Salmon, professor of eLearning and Learning Technologies and author of the books e-tivities and eModerator. SIG-GLUE had the opportunity to talk with her regarding Game-based learning issues. The questions asked have been collected from SIG-GLUE Community members. Visit the FORUM AREA to discuss this interview.

Fourth Symposium for Information Design, 2. June 2005, Stuttgart Media University

On the 2nd of June, modestly and without any extravagant publicity, the fourth symposium for information design nests itself for eight hours in a lecture hall of the Stuttgart Media University. The topic of the meeting, "Game Based Learning", is enticing. Nine lectures deal with game based learning from different theoretical and practical points of view, in quiet agreement that this is the new way of e-learning. The symposium was organized by the course of studies information design of the Stuttgart Media University and the SIG GLUE project consortium. 106 participants visit the symposium and listen to the presentations.

Digital Game Based Learning – 4th Symposium for Information Design

Abstracts of the lectures presented during the Digital Game-based Learning Sympoium