Free ebook: Game Educator’s Handbook

The Game Educator’s Handbook, edited by J. Tuomas Harviainen, Mikko Meriläinen, and Tommi Tossavainen, is “a cooperation between gamers, game designers, game educators, researchers and people working with problem gaming”. From the official webpage: “After reading, you will have a better understanding of what gaming is all about, why it interests people, why it’s addictive, and why it’s at the same time good in many ways. The book is intended as a resource to improve game literacy and is written for all types of educators, parents, schools, libraries, youth organisations, and anyone with connections to children, adolescents or adults that play digital games”.

It is published under a CC BY 4.0 licence, and may be downloaded for free at http://www.pelikasvatus.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:game-educator-s-handbook-revised-international-edition&catid=18&Itemid=101