Special Issue on "Technology Enhanced Contextual Game-Based Language Learning"

Guest Editor(s): Yu-Ju Lan, Adele Botha, Junjie Shang and Morris Siu-Yung Jong

Attitudes, Openness to Multiculturalism, and Integration of Online Collaborative Learning

Noga Magen-Nagar,  Miri Shonfeld

Gamification from Player Type Perspective: A Case Study

Selay Arkün Kocadere, Şeyma Çağlar

Ontology Informed Design to Advance Developers’ Informal Online Learning

Brian Dobreski, Yun Huang

The Impact of Motivation and Personality on Academic Performance in Online and Blended Learning Environments

Nurcan Alkış, Tuğba Taşkaya Temizel

Factors Influencing Preservice Teachers’ Intention to Use Technology: TPACK, Teacher Self-efficacy,and Technology Acceptance Model

Young Ju Joo,  Sunyoung Park, Eugene Lim

Knowledge Sharing Self-Efficacy, Motivation and Sense of Community as Predictors of Knowledge Receiving and Giving Behaviors

Esin Ergün, Ümmühan Avcı

Innovative Use of Mobile Video Conferencing in Face-to-Face Collaborative Science Learning: The Case of Reflection in Optics

Yu-Liang Ting, Yaming Tai, Teng-Hui Tseng, Shin-Ping Tsai

Guest Editorial: Technology Enhanced Contextual Game-Based Language Learning

Yu-Ju Lan,  Adele Botha,  Junjie Shang, Morris Siu-Yung Jong

Early Second Language Learning and Adult Involvement in a Real-World Context: Design and Evaluation of the “ELENA Goes Shopping” Mobile Game

Ellen Rusman,  Stefaan Ternier, Marcus Specht

Application of a Gamified Interactive Response System to Enhance the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation, Student Engagement, and Attention of English Learners

Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun,  Pei-Hsun Hsieh

A Flipped Contextual Game-Based Learning Approach to Enhancing EFL Students’ English Business Writing Performance and Reflective Behaviors

Chi-Jen Lin, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Qing-Ke Fu, Jing-Fang Chen

Chinese Character Composition Game with the Augment Paper

Yun Wen

The Effects of Competitive Gaming Scenarios and Personalized Assistance Strategies on English Vocabulary Learning

Chun-Wang Wei,  Hao-Yun Kao , Hsin-Hsien Lu, Yi Chun Liu

Using Game-Based Learning with Kinect Technology in Foreign Language Education Course

Erman Yükseltürk, Serhat Altıok, Zeynep Başer

Effects of Prior Knowledge on Learning Performance and Anxiety in an English Learning Online RolePlaying Game

Jie Chi Yang,  Benazir Quadir

Using Narrative-based Contextual Games to Enhance Language Learning: A Case Study

Zhi-Hong Chen ,  Howard Hao-Jan Chen, Wan-Jhen Dai

The Online Ecology of Literacy and Language Practices of a Gamer

Boris Vazquez-Calvo

Effective Learning Design of Game-Based 3D Virtual Language Learning Environments for Special Education Students

Yu-Ju Lan,  Indy Y. T. Hsiao,  Mei-Feng Shih