Aims of ICGBL

The ICGBL provides a premier multidisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Game-Based Learning and Gamification. Our mission is to advance the integration of interactive technologies into pedagogical frameworks to enhance engagement and learning outcomes.

• Pedagogical Innovation
• Game Design Ethics
• User Engagement
• Technological Integration

Instructional design for serious games, narrative and storytelling in GBL, mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics (MDA) for learning, and balancing fun with educational objectives.

Theories of learning in games, gamification in K-12 and Higher Education, hybrid learning environments, and teacher roles in game-facilitated classrooms.

Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) for education. AI-driven adaptive learning in games and mobile GBL applications.

Learning analytics in games, stealth assessment, evaluating the impact of games on cognitive and non-cognitive skills, and big data in educational gaming.