Frontiers in Communication journal has published the open access article “Digital literacy games: a systematic literature review”, authored by the team behind the Digital Literacy Games KIEM GO-CI grant project, a collaboration between Erasmus University and Utrecht University.
The abstract reads as follows:
This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review of academic publications about digital literacy games. We have analyzed a total of 30 papers and book chapters published in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch between 2005 and 2021 and stored in Scopus. The results of this literature review report on: (1) the topics of the games discussed in the publications; (2) the digital literacy competencies supported by the games studied in the publications; (3) the effects of these games; and (4) ten game design considerations for digital literacy games collected from the results of the publications. This paper also provides detailed access to the original sources by reporting on which paper addressed what.
The group of authors responsible for the article were Teresa de la Hera (EUR), Laura Cañete Sanz (University of Murcia), Nuria Navarro Sierra (Rey Juan Carlos University), Jeroen Jansz (EUR), Julia Kneer (EUR), René Glas (UU), and Jasper van Vught (UU).
The full article can be found on the Frontiers journal website.
The research project “Digital Literacy Games” (2021-2023) is a collaboration between researchers from Erasmus University and Utrecht University. The focus is on understanding the value of the use of digital games designed to support digital literacy skills acquisition. It was funded by Regieorgaan SIA (NWO).
The ten game design considerations for digital literacy games mentioned were already incorporated in the report Enhancing Effective Media and Digital Literacy through Digital Games: Insights and Advise from Research and the Work Field (translated from Dutch), written by members of the project team in collaboration with Netwerk Mediawijzer. The full report can be found on the website of Netwerk Mediawijzer.
