What is Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL)

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DGBL started out as an instructional strategy that can be embodied through computer-based applications. Through the advancement of learning technologies over the years, DGBL now can be considered a stand-alone learning environment that can address to various levels of learning needs. Learn more in: Online Learning Engagement System (OLES) Design Framework for Postsecondary Online Learning Environments: A Synthesis on Affordances from Game-Based Learning, Social Media-Enabled Learning, and Open Learning

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Learning approach that consists of using interactive digital games with defined learning outcomes. DGBL is designed to balance contents to learn with digital gameplay, as well as with the ability of the learner/player to understand, retain and apply that content matter to the real world. Learn more in: Gamifying CLIL: Unlocking the Potential of Game-Based Learning

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Learning approach that consists of using interactive digital games with defined learning outcomes. DGBL is designed to balance contents to learn with digital gameplay, as well as with the ability of the learner/player to understand, retain and apply that content matter to the real world. Learn more in: Spanish Teacher Attitudes Towards Digital Game-Based Learning: An Exploratory Study Based on the TPACK Model

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Refers to any form of use or integration of game into a learning environment in which the game plays a central role and is itself a digital (computer or console) game. May refer to serious games, curriculum in which the students design their own game, or COTS GBL. Learn more in: A Guide to Integrating COTS Games into Your Classroom

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Learning approach that consists of using interactive digital games with defined learning outcomes. DGBL is designed to balance contents to learn with digital gameplay, as well as with the ability of the learner/player to understand, retain and apply that content matter to the real world. Learn more in: Designing and Producing CLIL Materials for Mathematics Content Learning: An International Telecollaborative Case Study

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Those games that are education-focused and available in the digital environment. Learn more in: Utilizing Digital Educational Games to Enhance Adult Learning

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Consists of the introduction of game-based mechanics performed through digital media such as computers or mobile phones in different areas (education, health, business, etc.) to meet the learning demands of a target population by training a wide range of skills while promoting entertainment, motivation, satisfaction, ideation, etc. Learn more in: Educational Opportunities of Virtual Game-Based Initiatives for Students With Disabilities

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Refers to a pedagogical method or approach that integrates digital games as educational tools (Prensky, 2003; Van Eck, 2006, 2015). The concept is not new but an evolution from game-based learning, which promoted learning principles into digital game environments. Learn more in: Perceived Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Games

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Refers to a pedagogical method or approach that integrates digital games as educational tools (Prensky, 2003; Van Eck, 2006, 2015). The concept is not new but an evolution from game-based learning, which promoted learning principles into digital game environments. Learn more in: The Perceived Appropriateness of Digital Games From ELL Teachers

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A learning and teaching approach that utilizes digital games/game-based environments to create intriguing, engaging, entertaining, and challenging activities with the goal of achieving learning objectives and producing learning outcomes that can be objectively measured (Coller & Scott, 2009). Learn more in: Teacher-Designed Games: A New Era in Education?

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Digital games created for learning purposes characterized by learning that occurs by interaction of the player with the mechanics of the game. Learn more in: Application of Gamification to Blended Learning in Higher Education

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GBL (see definition) mediated by technology. Learn more in: Digital Game-Based Learning to Teach Mathematics Within CLIL: Using Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the Class