Play in education,
seriously?
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GOLD WINNER QS Reimagine Education awards 2021
for ‘Science of Learning’ catergory
for the GameChangers Initiative
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BRONZE WINNER QS Reimagine Education awards 2023
for ‘Sustainability Education’ category
for the ACES Initiative
We believe that everybody can play and create games. We believe in games for learning, and learning through play.
GameChangers is a community of researchers, developers, and practitioners interested in exploring the opportunities of creating playful and gameful experiences as mediums for both expression and learning.
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Empathic Co-Creation: The creation and co-creation of playful and gameful systems.
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Remix Play 2: Card game design workshop, 2018
The creation and co-creation of playful and gameful systems, as an activity on the edge of the diverse fields is a productive ground to cultivate creative and innovative mind-sets.
Creative and playful spaces enable the hybridity of different disciplines, interests, and backgrounds to come together to experiment and learn how to fruitfully cooperate. GameChangers emphasises a pragmatic approach for empathically designing, developing, and implementing playful and gameful intervention, reflected by its various initiatives involving educators and learners in marginalised communities.
Frugal Education. Designing creative, practical, and sustainable education by leveraging frugal innovation practices.
![cc-expo-workshop](http://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cc-expo-workshop.jpg)
CreativeCulture Seminar, Sarawak, Malaysia. 2018
Creativity and resilience is at the core of what we do. Over the years our team has fostered a frugal approach to education innovation; merging playful learning with creative problem-solving to deliver innovative, practical, and sustainable pedagogic practice within our projects.
We embrace openness and believe everyone should be able to benefit from our efforts. To that end, we endeavour to make all our designs, resources, and research open access; complete with guides and examples of real-world implementations to help you re-use, re-share, or remix through the power of Creative Commons. Learn more about our frugal education work here!
We love what we do and we’re proud of the recognition we’ve received along the way.
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Meet the Team.
![Sylvester Arnab](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sylvester-aranb-profile-pic.jpg)
Sylvester Arnab
Co-founder | Professor of Game Science
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![Alex Masters](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/alex-masters-profile-pic.jpg)
Alex Masters
Co-founder | Researcher of Frugal Education
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![Petros Lameras](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/petros-lameras-profile-photo.jpg)
Petros Lameras
Associate Professor of Digital Media
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![Mark Lewis](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mark-lewis-profile-pic.jpg)
Mark Lewis
Researcher of Game Science
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Researcher and designer of educational games and systems. Mark’s research focuses on the human experiences of play, learning, and education. He has interests in the history of video gaming, the effects of play upon hominid evolutionary processes, and non-traditional learning methodologies, such as wargames and escape rooms.
![Jayne Beaufoy](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jayne-beaufoy-profile-pic.jpg)
Jayne Beaufoy
Programme Manager
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![Dr. Saif Alatrash](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/saif-profile-photo.png)
Dr. Saif Alatrash
PhD Alumnus
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![Willie Knoetze](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/willie-knoetze.jpg)
Willie Knoetze
PhD Student
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![Emmylou Laird](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/emmylou-laird-profile-pic.jpg)
Emmylou Laird
PhD Student
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![Jaimz Winter](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jaimz-winter-profile-pic.jpg)
Jaimz Winter
PhD Student
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![Khurram Shaikh](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/khurram-shaikh-profile-pic.jpg)
Khurram Shaikh
PhD Student
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![Supriya Roy](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/supriya-roy-profile-pic.jpg)
Supriya Roy
PhD Student
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![Tjaša Šavorič](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tjasa-savoric-profile-pic.jpg)
Tjaša Šavorič
PhD Student
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Associates.
![Luca Morini](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/luca-morini-profile-pic.jpg)
Luca Morini
Assistant Professor
![Katherine Wimpenny](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/katherine-wimpenny-profile-pic.jpg)
Katherine Wimpenny
Professor of Global Education Research
![Jacey-Lynn Minoi](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/jacey-lynn-minoiprofile-pic.jpg)
Jacey-Lynn Minoi
Associate Professor
![Fitri Suraya Mohamad](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/fitri-suraya-profile-pic.jpg)
Fitri Suraya Mohamad
Professor in Learning Sciences
![Aazani Mujahid](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aazani-mujahid-profile-pic.jpg)
Aazani Mujahid
Marine Biologist and Researcher
![Tan Chong Eng](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tan-chong-eng-profile-pic.jpg)
Tan Chong Eng
Professor | Computer Scientist
![Dominic Mahon](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/dominic-mahon-profile-pic.jpg)
Dominic Mahon
Lecturer in Higher Education
![Samantha Clarke](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/samantha-clarke-profile-pic.jpg)
Samantha Clarke
Assistant Professor of Design Futures
![Muhibuddin Fadhli](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/muhibuddin-fadhli-profile-pic.jpg)
Muhibuddin Fadhli
Assistant Professor| ACES Co-Investigator
![Rohmat Aldy Purnomo](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/rohmat-aldy-purnomo-profile-pic.jpg)
Rohmat Aldy Purnomo
Research Assistant
![Deka Dyah Utami](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/deka-dyah-utami-profile-pic.jpg)
Deka Dyah Utami
Researcher
![Betaria N.A.E. Hastuti](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/betaria-hastuti-profile-pic.jpg)
Betaria N.A.E. Hastuti
Researcher
![Hoang Thi Bich Thuy](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/hoang-thi-bich-thuy-profile-pic.jpg)
Hoang Thi Bich Thuy
ACES Co-Investigator
![Nguyen Thi Thom Thom](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nguyen-thi-thom-thom-profile-pic.jpg)
Nguyen Thi Thom Thom
Researcher
![Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/nguyen-thi-thu-huyen-profile-pic.jpg)
Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen
Engineer
![Trinh Viet Dung](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/trinh-viet-dung-profile-pic.jpg)
Trinh Viet Dung
Research Fellow
![Mike Duncan](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/mike-duncan-profile-pic.jpg)
Mike Duncan
Professor in Exercise Science
![Wayne Gallear](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/wayne-gallear-profile.jpg)
Wayne Gallear
PhD Alumnus
(North Warwickshire & South Leicestershire College)
![Shoubna Naika-Taylor](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shoubna-naika-taylor-profile-pic.jpg)
Shoubna Naika-Taylor
Lecturer and Esports in Education Specialist
![Andy Winter](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/andy-winter-profile-pic.jpg)
Andy Winter
Assistant Professor of (Health) Simulation
![Emma Eyre](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/emma-eyre-profile-pic.jpg)
Emma Eyre
Assistant Professor
![John Henry](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/john-henry-profile-pic.jpg)
John Henry
Senior Lecturer
![Connah Kendrick](https://gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/connah-kendrick-profile-pic.jpg)
Connah Kendrick
Senior Lecturer
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