Special Issue on "Game Based Learning for 21st Century Transferable Skills: Challenges and Opportunities"

Guest Editor(s): Francesco Bellotti, Rosa Maria Bottino, Baltazar Fernández-Manjón and Rob Nadolski

Guest Editorial: Game Based Learning for 21st Century Transferable Skills: Challenges and Opportunities 

Francesco Bellotti, Rosa Maria Bottino, Baltazar Fernández-Manjón and Rob Nadolski

Learning When Serious: Psychophysiological Evaluation of a Technology-Enhanced Learning Game

Ben Cowley, Martino Fantato, Charlene Jennett, Martin Ruskov, Niklas Ravaja

Game-Based Assessment of Persistence

Kristen E. DiCerbo

Undertaking an Ecological Approach to Advance Game-Based Learning: A Case Study

Mamta Shah, Aroutis Foster

An Investigation of the Interrelationships between Motivation, Engagement, and Complex Problem Solving in Game-based Learning

Deniz Eseryel, Victor Law, Dirk Ifenthaler, Xun Ge, Raymond Miller

Multi-User Virtual Environments Fostering Collaboration in Formal Education

Nicoletta Di Blas, Paolo Paolini

E-learning in School Education in the Coming 10 Years for Developing 21st Century Skills: Critical Research Issues and Policy Implications

Siu Cheung Kong, Tak-Wai Chan, Patrick Griffin, Ulrich Hoppe, Ronghuai Huang, Kinshuk, Chee Kit Looi, Marcelo Milrad, Cathleen Norris, Miguel Nussbaum, Mike Sharples, Wing Mui Winnie So, Elliot Soloway, Shengquan Yu

Changing Pedagogy for Modern Learners - Lessons from an Educator’s Journey of Self-Reflection

Terry Taylor

Collaborative mLearning: A Module for Learning Secondary School Science

Dorothy DeWitt, Saedah Siraj, Norlidah Alias

Facilitating English-Language Reading Performance by a Digital Reading Annotation System with Self-Regulated Learning Mechanisms

Chih-Ming Chen, Jung-Ying Wang, Yen-Chang Chen

Mathematics Synchronous Peer Tutoring System for Students with Learning Disabilities

Mengping Tsuei

A Jigsaw-based Cooperative Learning Approach to Improve Learning Outcomes for Mobile Situated Learning

Yueh-Min Huang, Yi-Wen Liao, Shu-Hsien Huang, Hsin-Chin Chen

The Integration of Concept Mapping in a Dynamic Assessment Model for Teaching and Learning Accounting

David Tawei Ku, Ju-ling Shih, Su-Huan Hung

A Novel Agent-Supported Academic Online Examination System

Tuğrul TAŞCI, Zekeriya PARLAK, Alpaslan KİBAR, Nevzat TAŞBAŞI, H. İbrahim CEBECİ

A Five-Phase Learning Cycle Approach to Improving the Web-based Problem-Solving Performance of Students

Fan-Ray Kuo, Gwo-Jen Hwang

Demographic Factors, TPACK Constructs, and Teachers Perceptions of Constructivist-Oriented TPACK

Joyce Hwee Ling Koh, Ching Sing Chai, Ching-Chung Tsai

An Interactive and Collaborative Approach to Teaching Cryptology

Sasa Adamovic, Marko Sarac, Mladen Veinovic, Milan Milosavljevic, Aleksandar Jevremovic

Adaptive vs. Fixed Domain Support in the Context of Scripted Collaborative Learning

Anastasios Karakostas, Stavros Demetriadis

An Investigation of Reading Rate Patterns and Retrieval Outcomes of Elementary School Students with E-books

Tsung-Ho Liang, Yueh-Min Huang

The Effect of Intrapsychology Learning Before and After Interpsychology Activities with a Web-based Sharing Mechanism

Guo-Liang Hsu, Wu-Yuin Hwang

The Effect of Instructional Techniques on Critical Thinking and Critical Thinking Dispositions in Online Discussion

Filiz Kalelioğlu, Yasemin Gülbahar

Adaptive Instruction to Learner Expertise with Bimodal Process-oriented Worked-out Examples

Jihyun Si, Dongsik Kim, Chungsoo Na

A Model-Based Behavior Analysis Approach for Open-Ended Environments

James R. Segedy, Gautam Biswas, Brian Sulcer

Learning Preferences and Motivation of Different Ability Students for Social-Competition or Self-Competition

Zhi-Hong Chen

Role Blending in a Learning Environment Supports Facilitation in a Robotics Class

Ilkka Jormanainen, Erkki Sutinen

Towards an Enhanced Learning Management System for Blended Learning in Higher Education Incorporating Distinct Learners’ Profiles

Sofia Balula Dias, José Alves Diniz

The Effects of the E-Book System with the Reading Guidance and the Annotation Map on the Reading Performance of College Students

Liang-Yi Li, Cheng-Yu Fan, Dong-Wei Huang, Gwo-Dong Chen

Potential Negative Effects of Mobile Learning on Students Learning Achievement and Cognitive Load—A Format Assessment Perspective

Hui-Chun Chu

Simulation and Learning: A Model-Centered Approach

Reviewer: Dirk Ifenthaler