Wolfgang Bösche

Wolfgang Bösche (born 1971) was research assistant and lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. He received his doctorate in 2002 for his dissertation on adaptive network models of classification learning. In 2011, he habilitated on cognitive and motivational effects of violent video games. His research and teaching interests encompass multimedia learning and media psychology (with focus on the effects of violent video games), cognitive and mathematical psychology, and methodology. At the moment, he is interim professor at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Education Karlsruhe.

Publications

Fear of (Serious) Digital Games and Game-Based Learning?: Causes, Consequences and a Possible Countermeasure
Fear of (Serious) Digital Games and Game-Based Learning?: Causes, Consequences and a Possible Countermeasure
Wolfgang Bösche, Florian Kattner. © 2013. 16 pages.
Digital games and their power as a tool for acquiring knowledge, training skills and changing behavior are – for some laymen – associated with rather negative concepts, and are...
Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Education, Professional Development, and Healthcare
Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Education, Professional Development, and Healthcare
Klaus Bredl, Wolfgang Bösche. © 2013. 381 pages.
Too often the suggestion of using games and virtual environments in an educational setting is met with skepticism and objections. Many traditionally-oriented educators are simply...
Quantitative Analysis of Voice and Keyboard Chat in a Paper Presentation Seminar in a Virtual World
Quantitative Analysis of Voice and Keyboard Chat in a Paper Presentation Seminar in a Virtual World
Michael Gutjahr, Wolfgang Bösche. © 2013. 15 pages.
To investigate the possibilities that are offered to improve teaching within a virtual environment, chat recordings from a paper presentation seminar in a virtual world were...
Field Report: Using a Violent Multiplayer Game as a Virtual Classroom for a Course on Violent Video Games
Field Report: Using a Violent Multiplayer Game as a Virtual Classroom for a Course on Violent Video Games
Wolfgang Bösche, Florian Kattner. © 2011. 29 pages.
This chapter reports on the transformation of a classical seminar paper presentation course into a completely virtual classroom experience beginning with the planning phase and...
Fear of (Serious) Digital Games and Game-Based Learning?: Causes, Consequences and a Possible Countermeasure
Fear of (Serious) Digital Games and Game-Based Learning?: Causes, Consequences and a Possible Countermeasure
Wolfgang Bösche, Florian Kattner. © 2011. 15 pages.
Digital games and their power as a tool for acquiring knowledge, training skills and changing behavior are – for some laymen – associated with rather negative concepts, and are...