scholarly journals The Gambling Permeation? Cultural, Social and Economic Intersections Between Games and Gambling

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-34
Author(s):  
Heather Wardle
Keyword(s):  
Digital Games ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
Technological Infrastructure ◽  
Digital Or

AbstractGames, digital or otherwise, have always taken inspiration from their broader social, cultural and economic surroundings. They have been used to attempt to teach moral values and changed to reflect new, more modern, ideals. Their recent development is contingent on changing technological infrastructure, giving rise to a multi-billion pound entertainment commodity. Developing concurrently, gambling commodities are also deeply tied to technology with ever changing modern gambling industries reflecting shifting normative values about the role and position of gambling in our lives. As gambling has become more acceptable, more “normal”, its visibility has vastly increased. Against this backdrop it, perhaps, feels increasingly obvious that gambling would increasingly permeate digital games: game designers look to mechanics which hook people into products; games reflect broader societal trends and there is a pressing need to make returns on investments, commoditising play at a hitherto unknown scale.

scholarly journals If Looks Could Kill: Looking through the Artist’s Lenses in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelfattah Ali Ghazel
Keyword(s):  
Victorian Literature ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Normative Values ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
Aesthetic Autonomy ◽  
Picture Of Dorian Gray ◽  
Dorian Gray ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigates aestheticism and authorship in the Oscar Wilde’s only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). Victorian literature is usually read against the relationship between art and reality. The literary merit of a book is determined by the degree of its conformity with the moral values of the time. This paper offers a detached reading of the novel where the value of the book is found in its ability to initiate the reader into an aesthetic world. The research argues that Wilde fragments the act of artistic creation among the artist (the painter Basil), the sitter (Dorian Gray) and the audience (Lord Henry Wotton). This fragmentation renders the novel aesthetically autonomous from its reality. Aesthetic autonomy contributes to the debate of morality in Victorian literature by placing the work of art in an alternative sphere where normative values cease to apply.

scholarly journals DIGITAL GAMES - A MAGICAL LEARNING TOOL FOR SLOW LEARNERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-412
Author(s):  
Paul Albert
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Computer Games ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Slow Learners ◽  
Digital Or

The present article mainly focused on how digital or computer games act as a fruitful learning tool for slow learners through game based learning. Also, it describes that among many learning methods, game based learning is a suitable way using digital games for slow learners especially for digital natives. In addition, the present article highlighted the educational benefits and effectiveness of digital games. Further, it explores some digital games that can be used in the educational context. Finally the present article suggested that the digital games can be used as a tool in teaching and learning process for slow learners.

scholarly journals Online Interactive Activities to Learn Ramayana Epic by Primary Tamil Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Kanthimathi Letchumanan ◽  
Paramasivam Muthusamy ◽  
Potchelvi Govindasamy ◽  
Atieh Farashaiyan
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Net Generation ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Digital Or

<p>The Ramayana epic has many moral values that can be used as guidance in our daily life especially for the development of a person towards a better direction. Besides this, there are many other lessons that can be learned from within each Ramayana epic stories, for example, the values and norms, customs, mannerism lessons and the various characteristics of people and so on. But today’s digital or Net Generation teenagers do not find reading Ramayana as fun or interesting because of its text form. The technology is more advanced and Ramayana epics look very ancient in the eyes of this Digital Natives. This study used the idea of gamification, a game play mechanics to create meaningful learning experiences and make the learning more interesting and fun. Gamification also looks at games and learning from a different angle on how to make learning more meaningful, engaging, interactive, fun and interesting. In view of this, this research aims to seek if the use of online interactive activities could encourage and motivate teenagers to read Ramayana epics. Forty Primary Tamil students participated in this study voluntarily. The data were collected through a questionnaire. Based on the pre-questionnaire data regarding respondents’ prior knowledge on Ramayana, it was found that respondents had minimal knowledge about it. 37% said they would like to read the epic through comic books and 63% claimed that they would prefer computer. This study has some implications for computer assisted language learning. </p>

PEMIKIRAN PENDIDIKAN SPIRITUAL SYAIKH 'ABD AL-QADIR AL-JILANIY

ALQALAM ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Badrudin Badrudin
Keyword(s):  
Moral Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Spiritual Education ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Educational Thought ◽  
The Core

The Principles of Islam requirehuman to maintain  and improve their moral values BuT in fact, many  Moslems  face problems of moral deteriora tion, crisis of beliefs, and moral decadence that happenin all aspects of life. This moral deterioration is often associated by  the  experts  of  education  with the failure of educat ion. The failure of education relates to the education system that has various components that affect each other. The elements needed in the education system are the goal of education , educators, students, tool s,  and  natural  surroundings. The results of this study indicate that the essence of  spiritual  learning obligations according to Syaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilaniy is araising the total of  truth towards  Allah SWT's path.  The aims of the learning areto implement knowledge and clean  the heart (tazkiyyah al-nafs) from worldly characters and the lust of dirtiness to ma'rifatullah. Spiritual educators are  those who  practice  the law of Allah, clean the heart and  guide  students to the  safety of life  in the Hereafter . Learners constantly face Allah and obey Him, do not meet the call besides Allah, listen  to  the  call  of  Allah  and implement everything stated in the Qur ·an  and  the  Prophet tradition. Teaching method used is the method of mau'izhah, sima',  ahwal ,   and   muhasabah  fial-nafs (introspection). Educational materials are  based  on  the  basics  of  spiritual education in the Qur'an, the Prothet tradition. and the opinion of Muslim religious leaders who have noble characters and integrate science.  Moral education  is  the core of Islamic education. The implications of the spiritual educational thought of Syaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilaniy toward the reality of Islamic education in Indonesia is the emphasis of moral education that leads to a balance relationship  between  the  exoteric  and esoteric aspects of the learning process.

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