Janet is the Learning Lead and Senior Researcher at the Learnovate Centre at Trinity College Dublin. Her key areas of research are in adult learning theory and learning design, as well as effective onboarding and workplace wellbeing – with a particular interest in gamification and game-based learning. Janet completed a MSc. with the University of Edinburgh, focusing on game-based learning in the workplace as part of her dissertation. She recently completed a course in Positive Health with the Royal College of Surgeons, to further her understanding of workplace wellbeing.
In this interview, Janet tells us more about her journey and work with Game-Based Learning and how and what we can learn from the process.
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Patrick Felicia (MSc, Phd) is a lecturer and researcher at Waterford Institute of Technology, where he teaches and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students in the area of Games Development and Programming. He is the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL), and the Conference Director of the Irish Symposium on Game-Based Learning, a popular conference on games and learning.
Patrick Felicia is the author of
4 best-selling books on games development and programming, including the series called “Unity from Zero to Proficiency”.
Through his books, training videos,
conferences and summits, he’s helped thousands of people on their journey to creating their games and learning how to code in the process