An Open Perspective for Educational Games

Games In Education

Games are, indeed, among the computer software artifacts that most have attracted the attention of researchers, developers, teachers and students along the years, as stated above. This includes educational games - term used when digital games are designed specifically for this kind of purpose, being classified as a subtype of serious games. They can be inserted in formal educational processes as complementary to traditional teaching processes, or even be considered educational materials used for autonomous (formal or informal) learning situations. When used in formal educational contexts, the choice of games and their contextualization into a syllabus or a class plan are usually defined by the teacher, while in informal learning situations, the player / student has free will in choosing the game as well as when and where to play it.