• Digital Games as Media for Teaching and Learning: A Template for Critical Evaluation 

      Pötzsch, Holger; Hansen, Therese H.; Hammar, Emil Lundedal (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-27)
      Background - Videogames can be useful tools for teaching and learning. To plan educational uses, potential benefits and possible problematic aspects of specific titles need to be critically assessed by teachers and school leaders prior to implementation. <p> <p>Theory and method - Based on game ontological models, we identify salient areas of inquiry in games research and use these to structure ...
    • Teaching and learning about audio-visual media: A critical media literacy perspective on the use of games in the contemporary upper-secondary classroom 

      Pötzsch, Holger; Hansen, Therese Holt; Hammar, Emil Lundedal (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022)
      In this chapter we present a theoretical framework to facilitate teaching and learning about, rather than with and through, audio-visual media in upper-secondary education in Norway. Drawing upon Stuart Hall’s encoding/decoding model, we show how aspects of production, form, reception, and reproduction can be approached in school contexts to treat audio-visual media as more than allegedly neutral ...