Share Paper: The Emergence of Game Based Learning (GBL) From Informal to Formal Contexts in Gulf Higher Education

  1. Kimberly Bunts-Anderson, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates

Abstract: Abstract: This paper provides an in-depth reflection on the attempts of three learners to integrate their informal gaming experiences within their academic learning activities. The paper also reflects on the differences in how GBL is perceived within the formal context of institutional learning by contrasting students’ reports with educators’ descriptions of gaming technology integration in corresponding classrooms in a survey of 48 instructors and 437 students at the same university. The writer concurs with others that variance in technology understanding and application is an important area of consideration as it may prevent these tools from being applied in ways that ...