IxD&A - Journal: special issue N. 19 on "Games for Learning" is now available for free downloading

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International Journal on Interaction Design & Architecture(s) - IxD&A
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N. 19 special issue on:

"Games for learning"
(guest editors: Kostas Karpouzis, Ginevra Castellano, Rilla Khaled, 
Evangelia Dimaraki)

is now available for free downloading:
http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=10&a=11
see "ToC" below.

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IxD&A implements the Gold Open Access road to its contents with no 
charge to the authors
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IxD&A Journal, issue N. 19 - ToC
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Alex Frazer, Alejandra Recio-Saucedo, Lester Gilbert, Gary Wills
"Profiling the Educational Value of Computer Games", pp. 9 - 27

Michael Sailer, Jan Hense, Heinz Mandl, Markus Klevers
"Psychological Perspectives on Motivation through Gamification", pp. 28 - 37

Claudia Schrader
"The Relation between Virtual Presence and Learning Outcomes in Serious 
Games – The Mediating Effect of Motivation", pp. 38 - 46

Félix Buendía-García & Sol García-Martínez
"Designing Serious Games for getting transferable skills in training 
settings", pp. 47 - 62

Troy D. Abel & Michael Evans
"Cross-disciplinary Participatory & Contextual Design Research: Creating 
a Teacher Dashboard Application", pp. 63 - 76

Lori L. Scarlatos, Micha Tomkiewicz, Ryan Courtney
"Using an Agent-Based Modeling Simulation and Game to Teach 
Socio-Scientific Topics", pp. 77 - 90

Giannis Altanis, Michalis Boloudakis, Symeon Retalis, Nikos Nikou
"Children with Motor Impairments Play a Kinect Learning Game: First 
Findings from a Pilot Case in an Authentic Classroom Environment", pp. 
91 - 104

Reinhold Behringer, Roderick King, Abraham Smith, Jamie Matu, Andrew 
King, Bengamin Taylor, Parichay Parivesh
"The Virtual Runner Learning Game", pp. 105 - 114

Hiran B. Ekanayake, Per Backlund, Tom Ziemke, Robert Ramberg, Kamalanath 
P. Hewagamage, and Mikael Lebram
"Comparing Expert and Novice Driving Behavior in a Driving Simulator", 
pp. 115 - 131

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Next issue, N. 20, will be dedicated to

"People Centered Smart Territories: Design, Learning and Analytics"
(guest editors: Gianni Dominici & Carlo Giovannella)

and will include selected contributions presented at Smart City 
Exhibition 2013.

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Still open the submission of contributions for special issue N. 21 on:

"Design for children and older people - Educating the Next Generation of 
Designers"
(guest editors: Eva Eriksson, Olof Torgersson, Caterina Calefato, Chiara 
Ferrarini)

Important dates:
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30 May -> deadline for paper submission
30 June -> notification of acceptance/rejection
end of July -> special issue publication

for more information see the call:
http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=102&link=call21

Please submit your paper using the IxD&A submission System at:
http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/idea2010/login.php

Paper (max 14 pages) should be written according to the IxD&A format, see:
http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/index.php?s=101&a=7
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We also invite submission of original contributions as regular papers
(full, short, position and review papers).
All submissions will undergo a standard peer review process.
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