Elena Shliakhovchuk

Elena Shliakhovchuk is a scientific postdoctoral researcher in game studies. She holds a PhD in Communication and Cultural Industries from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. She investigates the acquisition of soft skills, the power to reinforce or weaken cultural, racial and gender stereotypes and the cultural, social and communicative benefits of video games. Elena is the author of books on game-based learning, co-editor of three books at the American scientific publisher “IGI Global” on global education challenges and opportunities, and author of several intercultural learning tools with gamification elements (diversophy®UA, Cultural Detective®UA, CultureConnector®UA). Elena has been teaching online and offline intercultural competencies to the Forbes 500 companies since 2010. She is part of the executive committee of the Spanish Society for Video Game Sciences (SECiVi) and a coordinator of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Gamification of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR).

Publications

Multifaceted Analysis of Sustainable Strategies and Tactics in Education
Multifaceted Analysis of Sustainable Strategies and Tactics in Education
Theresa Dell Neimann, Lynne L. Hindman, Elena Shliakhovchuk, Marian Moore, Jonathan J. Felix. © 2023. 335 pages.
A multifaceted approach will be needed to fix the often-unsustainable challenges faced in the 21st-century academic arena. The trends in public and private institutions of...
Policy and Practice Challenges for Equality in Education
Policy and Practice Challenges for Equality in Education
Theresa Neimann, Jonathan J. Felix, Elena Shliakhovchuk, Lynne L. Hindman. © 2022. 351 pages.
Well-educated populations are important aspects of any contemporary society, as education increases national and global development and the positive expansion of communities to...
Stagnancy Issues and Change Initiatives for Global Education in the Digital Age
Stagnancy Issues and Change Initiatives for Global Education in the Digital Age
Theresa Neimann, Jonathan J. Felix, Stacy Reeves, Elena Shliakhovchuk. © 2021. 333 pages.
At this juncture in the history and development of education in the digital age, constituents of education systems across the globe are challenged with revising or rediscovering...
Playfulness and Seriousness: The Power of Video Games to Teach and Enhance Cultural Intelligence (CQ)
Playfulness and Seriousness: The Power of Video Games to Teach and Enhance Cultural Intelligence (CQ)
Elena Shliakhovchuk. © 2020. 19 pages.
Despite the early focus on the demonizing of video games, in the 1990s some researchers suggested that video games might help in developing some useful skills and might convert...