Levelling Up: Minors' Play in a Closed-system MMOG

Authors

  • Jennifer Jenson York University
  • Suzanne de Castell
  • Victoria McArthur University of Toronto
  • Stephanie Fisher York University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v10i1.7238

Keywords:

Youth, gameplay, MMOGs, expertise

Abstract

In this paper, we present a study of 182 youths (ages 9 - 17) playing a closed-system Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG), Guardian Academy. Its purpose was to investigate the online virtual world behaviours of youth under the age of 18 playing in an educational setting. We report on a mixed-methods study of minor players in situ across eight socioeconomically diversified educational communities, focused on characteristics, patterns, and trajectories of development of school-aged youths

Author Biographies

  • Jennifer Jenson, York University
    Professor of Pedagogy and Technology in the Faculty of Education and Director of the Institute for Research on Digital Learning at York University, Canada.
  • Victoria McArthur, University of Toronto
    Assistant Professor of New Media and User Experience at the University of Toronto.
JVWR Assembled 2017 issue

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Published

2017-05-31

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2017): Assembled 2017

Section

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

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