John Nietfeld: Self-Regulated Learning in Serious Digital Games

The aim of this seminar, organized by the Department of Psychology at CU FA, is to delve into the relevant research in the crossover between self-regulated learning and serious digital games. The seminar will overview findings within the recent literature related the impact that serious games have upon the ability to regulate one’s learning and also upon how individual differences in students‘ cognitive strategy use, metacognitive regulation, and motivation (goal setting, goal orientation, interest, self-efficacy, etc.) impact performance in serious games. A focus of the seminar will be in the careful consideration of how the components of serious games can be developed to maximize content-based learning and also other valued outcomes such as critical thinking, creativity, and transfer of learning.