Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Cognitive Technology Journal: Designing Educational Games
The use of computer games as common vehicles for impacting cognition, as opposed to pure entertainment, has recently gained immense popularity. Games may be developed to educate children about their health condition or to improve their understanding of math or history, examine economic policies, encourage the discussion of public health policy for individuals, or to encourage change in user's lifestyle. The proliferation of games has profound implications not only for the entertainment industry, but also for the research community interested in studying the impact of using such games on cognitive abilities of the users.
In this Special Issue, Cognitive Technology will bring together researchers from across the world to consider new research that illustrates the potential of computer games as a cognitive technology for teaching and learning. Guest editors, Dr. Nilufar Baghaei and Dr. Aaron Chen, are seeking original research papers that illustrate the capacity or potential of games for enhancing the users' learning experience and increasing their knowledge of any domain ranging from health-related issues to math and languages.
Topics of Interest
The international journal of Cognitive Technology is planning a special issue on designing educational games (expected publication Spring 2013). Authors are invited to submit papers describing original research (applied or theoretical), that deal with innovative approaches of using game technologies as cognitive tools for increasing the learning outcome of the users and/or enhancing their learning experience.
We invite papers that address one of the following topics, or a closely related one:
Educational games as a cognitive technology for learning
Designing educational games for people with disabilities and/or health conditions
Integrating games with health care applications
Intelligent Tutoring Systems and adaptive educational games
Designing, developing and evaluating educational games on mobile devices
Understanding the problems and limitations of using games as cognitive technologies
Best practices for designing educational games based on cognitive science
Empirical or case studies of increasing users' motivation for learning using educational games
Empirical studies of educational games and their effectiveness in increasing users' domain knowledge
Empirical or case studies of perceptual and cognitive advantages and disadvantages of educational games
Future directions of designing, developing and deploying educational games in instructional settings
Submission and Format
Research papers submitted for this journal should be original and must not exceed 15 double-spaced manuscript pages inclusive of title page, abstract page, references, figures, tables, and appendices. The papers should be submitted to Dr. Baghaei or Dr. Chen via email. They should be prepared in line with the formatting guidelines of Cognitive Technology Journal. Additional details about final manuscript format requirements will be sent upon notification of acceptance.
For queries regarding the special issue, the guest editors can be contacted at: nbaghaei@unitec.ac.nz or achen2@unitec.ac.nz
Important Dates
August 24, 2012: Paper submission deadline
September 28, 2012: Peer reviews completed
October 26, 2012: Re-submission of revised papers
November 23, 2012: Submission of camera ready versions
Spring 2013: Journal publication
Guest Editors
Dr. Nilufar Baghaei, Dept of Computing, UNITEC, New Zealand
Dr. Aaron Chen, Dept of Computing, UNITEC, New Zealand
Dr. Paul Pivec, CranberryBlue R&D (UK/NZ) Ltd, New Zealand
