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Professor DI Dr. Maja Pivec

Maja Pivec, Ph.D, is professor of Game Based Learning and Learning with Multimedia at the University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM in Graz, Austria. For her research achievements Maja Pivec received in the year 2001 Herta Firnberg Award (Austria) in the field of computer science. In the 2003 she was awarded by European Science Foundation in form of a grant for an interdisciplinary workshop organisation in the field of affective and emotional aspects of human-computer interaction, with emphasis on game-based learning and innovative learning approaches.

She is co-ordinator, scientific leader or partner in several EU or national founded projects. She is editor and co-editor of three book publications in the area of innovative learning approaches. She is guest editor of British Journal of Educational Technology, Special issue on learning from games, May 2007. She was hosting European Conference on Game-Based Learning in 2009. Her research work is published and presented at more than 90 international conferences and publications.

She is international advisory board member of MJET – Malaysian Journal of Educational Technology. She is Program Committee member of GAMEON conferences and F.R.O.G. conference. She is reviewer for European Science Foundation and for British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET).

Books and book chapters

  • Pivec M., Pivec P.: IMAGINE report on Game-Based Learning projects within the European community and good practice case studies spread across all levels of education. July 2009, http://www.imaginegames.eu/eng/Reports
  • Maja and Paul Pivec carried out a comprehensive literature review on games-based learning published in Games in Schools final report by EUN and ISFE in 2009
    Pivec M., Pivec P.: Chapter 7: What do we know from research about the use of games in education?, http://games.eun.org/upload/gis-full_report_en.pdf
  • Pivec, M. & Pivec, P. (2009) Misconceptions about being Digital. Chapter in Zheng R. (Ed.): Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior: Relationship Formation on the Internet. (In press)
  • Pivec, P. & Pivec, M. (2009) Collaborative Online Roleplay for Adult Learners. Chapter in Zemliansky P. (Ed.): Design and Implementation of Educational Games: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives. (In press)
  • Pivec M., Moretti M. (Eds.): Game-based Learning: Discover the pleasure of Learning. Pabst Vrlg. (2008)
  • Pivec M., Panko M.: Instructional design – sex driven?. Chapter in Chen I., Kidd T. (Eds.): Social Information Technology: Connecting Society and Cultural Issues” (Idea Group Publishing, 2008)
  • Pivec M.: Informationsdidaktik: E-Learning.  Chapter in Weber W. (Ed.): Kompendium Informationsdesign (Springer Verlag, x.media.press, nov. 2007)
  • Pivec M (Ed.) Affective and emotional aspects of human-computer interaction; Game-Based and Innovative Learning Approaches.  Vol.1: The Future of Learning  (IOS Press, 2006), ISBN 1-58603-572-x
  • Pivec M., Koubek A., Dondi C. (Eds.): “Guidelines on Game-Based Learning”. Pabst Vrlg. 2004,ISBN: 3899671937