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Useful resources that you can consult to dive into the topic of games-based learning.

Highlighted resources

• Digital Games in Schools – A Handbook for Teachers handbook published by European Schoolnet in 2009 as part of the first edition of the Games in Schools project, funded by ISFE
• What we mean by: Learning through play, published in 2017 by The LEGO Foundation

Reports

• Digital Games for Learning – Conclusions and Recommendations from the IMAGINE project, published in 2010 as part of EUN’s IMAGINE project
• Playful Learning: Computer Games in Education, written by Ollie Bray and published by Microsoft in 2012

Websites

• Gamesforchange.org, a website that focuses on games as a force for social innovation
• Q2L.org, the website of the school Quest to Learn, which incorporates games in all aspects of teaching and learning

Books

• ”What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy”, by James Paul Gee,2014
• “Don’t Bother me Mom, I’m Learning”, by Marc Prensky, 2006
• “Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World”, by Jane McGonigal, 2011

Academic Journals

• International Journal of Games-Based Learning
• International Journal of Serious Games

White papers

• Learning though play at school, The LEGO foundation, 2019
• Play facilitation: the science behind the art of engaging young children, The LEGO Foundation, 2019