Game and virtual world learning. A collaboratively and reflective international experience

Abstract

The educational possibilities of ICT grow exponentially and vertiginously day after day and they provide multiple alternatives on mediation for teaching, learning and communication. Thus, the inclusion of video games and virtual worlds in the educational context represents a qualitative leap that claims to significantly boost the ways of communication and knowledge representation of the scenarios involved. In the frame of MPEMT and quite conscious of reality, a virtual seminar was organized for students to approach this issue on the grounds of lectures given by worldwide recognized experts. The format chosen for the seminar allowed the treatment of subject matters not only through reading assignments and web quests to be collaboratively discussed but also included  state-of-the-art experience of developers working in the field.