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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Hello <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>This is a <span style='color:red'>first call</span>
for papers for the </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>8th European
Conference on Games Based Learning, Hosted by Research and Training Center for Culture
and Computer Science (FKI) University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin, Germany
being held on the 9-10 October 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>This call will </span><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>close</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'> on <b>20<sup>th</sup> March 2014.</b></span><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a name="OLE_LINK2">Over the
last ten years, the way in which education and training is delivered has
changed considerably with the advent of new technologies. One such new
technology that holds considerable promise for helping to engage learners is
Games-Based Learning (GBL). The Conference offers an opportunity for scholars
and practitioners interested in the issues related to GBL to share their
thinking and research findings. Papers can cover various issues and aspects of
GBL in education and training: technology and implementation issues associated
with the development of GBL; use of mobile and MMOGs for learning; pedagogical
issues associated with GBL; social and ethical issues in GBL; GBL best cases
and practices, and other related aspects. We are particularly interested in
empirical research that addresses whether GBL enhances learning. This
Conference provides a forum for discussion, collaboration and intellectual
exchange for all those interested in any of these fields of research or
practice. <o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The conference committee
welcomes contributions on a wide range of topics using a range of scholarly
approaches including theoretical and empirical papers employing qualitative,
quantitative and critical methods. Action research, case studies and
work-in-progress/posters are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, proposals for
roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations
based on the main themes are also invited<b>.</b><span style='color:black'> </span><b><span
style='color:red'>Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues
or contacts you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Game competition<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>A competition for the best
educational game will be held again at ECGBL 2014. In the first instance we
will be asking for abstracts describing the game and further information will
be sent to applicants thereafter. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>In the first instance all
submission types require an abstract.<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='color:black'>For more information
please go to: </span><a
href="http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2014/ecgbl14-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/ecgbl/ecgbl2014/ecgbl14-call-papers.htm</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>Publication opportunity<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Papers accepted for the
conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author
registration and payment. Selected papers that have been presented at the
conference will also be considered for publication in a special issue of the
Electronic Journal of e-Learning and the International Journal of Game-Based Learning.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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