WG5 Seminars
Using Frameworks for Structured Game Integration in Teaching (Nur Akkuş Çakır)
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Enriching Heritage Management Students’ Cross-Cultural and Multilingual Communication: The Serious Play Approach Utilizing Lego as Serious Play Figures in terms of Tabletop Games in Higher Education (Eleni Meletiadou)

During the webinar hosted by WG5, scheduled for Friday, May 16, 2025, from 18:00 CET, Nur Akkuş Çakır && Eleni Meletiadou will present two talks titled:

Talk 1: Using Frameworks for Structured Game Integration in Teaching

Abstract: This webinar explores how structured educational frameworks can guide the effective integration of games into teaching practices. The session emphasizes by applying systematic frameworks, educators can ensure that game-enhanced activities align with learning objectives and enhance student engagement and learning. The webinar introduces the PCaRD framework, Play, Curricular Activities, Reflection, and Discussion, developed by (Foster & Shah, 2015), as a practical model for planning and implementing game-enhanced learning. Participants will see how the framework is applied through an example from a language learning intervention, illustrating how each component supports both engagement and educational outcomes. The session will conclude with a discussion on how a framework-based approach offers teachers a clear, replicable pathway for making game-enhanced learning both playful and purposeful.

Talk 2: Enriching Heritage Management Students’ Cross-Cultural and Multilingual Communication: The Serious Play Approach Utilizing Lego as Serious Play Figures in terms of Tabletop Games in Higher Education

Abstract: In the past few decades, there has been a shift from traditional passive face-to-face educational practices to the adoption of active learning methods, technology-enhanced learning, digital storytelling, digital serious games, and escape rooms, and in general, approaches that focus on experiential, peer, digital, game-based learning. Although the literature suggests that these teaching and assessment strategies can deeply impact the learning experience, Lego as a Serious Play used as a heritage tabletop game is an innovative technique, and relatively few studies investigate the advantages and disadvantages it may bring to the classroom for university students. This presentation will describe an implementation in a heritage management course in Higher Education (HE) by presenting the use of this approach with 32 students.