Course: Teaching Digital Literacy: Videogames in Education

Let’s say we travelled back in time and spoke to some children a few decades ago. How would you explain the kind of access to the wider world their counterparts …

Conduct an internet search for the phrase ‘videogames and children’ and the results you get will frame this as an area of threat to children and even to childhood itself. …

It is often presumed that videogames negatively affect children’s abilities to conduct ‘real friendships’ and that they encourage isolation. However, as researcher Alex Hetherington explains here, videogames can bring people …

What might the immersive Nintendo game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) tell us about the concept of the metaverse? And how might the metaverse help us in understanding more about …

Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience which involves a real-world environment enhanced by computer-generated imagery, audio and interaction. In this video, PhD scholar Ben Rhodes discusses augmented reality in …

Videogames develop so quickly that it’s hard to sometimes see what direction the culture and technology is going in, but what are the long-term predictions for the medium? In this …

We tend to think of the internet as an open space available to everyone. Increasingly, even rudimentary activities, like ordering a drink at a bar, assumes access to expensive mobile …

Virtual reality headsets hold opportunities for many playful and enjoyable experiences, but also to put forward serious virtual content for users. In recent years we have seen such interactive technologies …

In the previous step, Claire Mead discussed the importance of representation and diversity in characters on the screen and in creators behind the scenes. In this follow-up video, Claire recommends …

Videogames are a global medium enjoyed by millions of people, so representation in the game design and in the characters is essential. In this video, Claire Mead, from the National …

Many of us still associate videogames with conflict. In fact, that association has shadowed the medium pretty much since its inception, inflamed by media-generated moral panics which accredited gaming with …

CRESST is an organisation dedicated to to conflict resolution in schools and youth groups in Sheffield and beyond, having worked with over 60 educational establishments since it was launched in …

The Worldbuilders project is a two-year action research programme from the National Videogames Museum and the Maker{Futures} programme at the University of Sheffield aimed at increasingly confidence in teachers using …

Twine is an open-source piece of software than be used to create interactive and non-linear stories using very basic coding and a user-friendly interface. In this video, Leah Dungay from …