5 – 6 October 2017, Graz, Austria

The FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science, Graz, Austria

Welcome to ECGBL 2017

The European Conference on Games Based Learning was established 9 years ago. It has been held in Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Norway to mention only some of the countries who have hosted it. ECGBL is generally attended by participants from more than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic scholars, practitioners, game designers and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of games-based learning and serious games. Among other journals, the Electronic Journal of e-Learning publishes a special edition of the best papers presented at this conference.

The conference is also host to The 5th International Educational Games Competition.

ECGBL 2017 is being held at the FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science, Graz, Austria on 5-6 October and the Conference Chair is Dr Maja Pivec.

ECGBL 2017 will have a number of pre-conference events on Wednesday 6th October including a Game Jam and Pre-Conference Workshops.