Dear all,

Please join us for this interesting talk on ‘Careers/Skills Talk: Video Games in Scotland: Risks, Opportunities & Myths’ (of interest to young people, teachers, librarians, school nurses, parents).

Monday 30^th January at 1:15pm (free online)

Register

Description

Dr Matthew Barr, Senior Lecturer & Programme Director at University of Glasgow, will highlight the relationships between video games and mental health, video games and violence, and online games and gambling.

Dr. Barr recently published a case study on Video Games in Scotland in a new report published by the Scottish Government on ‘Building Trust in the Digital Era’, wherein he presented peer- reviewed research carried out by the University of Glasgow on the positive impact of video games on players’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This talk is offered as part of the project 'Maddie is Online': A creative path to the Ethics of online Safety and Security for young people' A recording will be provided to all registered participants.

About the work

“Maddie is Online: a creative learning path to ethics of online safety and security for young people” is a project funded by the Scottish Government and supported by Digital Xtra Fund.

Our purpose is to engage schools with the concepts of an Ethical Digital Nation:

"Growing as an ethical digital nation and developing trust in the way we use data and apply digital technology is a collective responsibility” (Scottish Government Ethical Digital Nation).

Why focus on ethics?

Children and young people can benefit from a greater exposure to online ideas, opportunities for learning, creativity and connectivity, but there are also causes for concern, abound in modern discussions of data ethics: they are equally vulnerable to the pitfalls and harms that can befall anyone, who is unfamiliar with safeguarding their own rights.

You can also find other previous projects via the 'Maddie is Online' bookshelf.

Kind regards,

 

Dr Konstantina (Dina) Martzoukou (SFHEA, Ph.D., MSc, MA, ILM 5)

Teaching Excellence Fellow / Course Leader (MSc Information & Library Studies)

School of Creative and Cultural Business

The Robert Gordon University
Garthdee Road
Aberdeen
AB10 7QE
Tel. +44(0)1224 263838 E: [log in to unmask]

http://www.rgu.ac.uk/dmstaff/martzoukou-konstantina/

 

 

 

The Robert Gordon University, a Scottish charity registered under charity number SCO 13781

 

Join our free online community of interest: ‘Information Digital and Media Literacy Mindsets’: [log in to unmask]

 

Read my recent publications:

 

“Academic libraries in COVID-19: a renewed mission for digital literacy”:  https://doi.org/10.1108/LM-09-2020-0131 and

 https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/977774/academic-libraries-in-covid-19-a-renewed-mission-for-digital-literacy

 

‘A study of higher education students' self-perceived digital competences for learning and everyday life online participation’:  https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-03-2020-0041/full/html

‘A study of university law students’ self-perceived digital competences’: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09610006211048004 and https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1481288/a-study-of-university-law-students-self-perceived-digital-competences

‘Maddie is online”: an educational video cartoon series on digital literacy and resilience for children’: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JRIT-06-2020-0031/full/html