GaLA Network of Excellence
My research group is involved in the newly created Network of Excellence in Serious Games, funded by the EU to promote Serious games and Game-based Learning by gathering different research teams across Europe. It was about time…
As our field matures, it is becoming increasingly fragmented. Any time I go to a conference, most researchers agree in that “there’s a lot to be done”. So many open research questions. Lacking a proper direction (it is not even obvious what we should be measuring), a lot of researchers end up working in parallel on the same topics. I noticed this for example seeing how closely related were e-Adventure and the 80Days project (adaptive learning with adventure games). Hopefully, with the creation of this network we will increase communication, manage to focus on a vision of the future of serious games, and provide a forum to discuss the progress of game-based learning as a mature research field.
On Sunday my colleague Iván and me will travel to Genoa for a 3-day kick-off meeting. I’m looking forward to meeting the rest of participants and see the potential of the network.
