Dr Nicola Whitton is a Research Fellow in the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research interests centre around motivation and engagement, visual literacy and the use of games for learning in Higher Education. Recently she has been investigating how alternate reality games can be used to support learning and her first book, Learning with Digital Games, has just been published.
Dr Nicola Whitton is a Research Fellow in the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research interests centre around motivation and engagement, visual literacy and the use of games for learning in Higher Education. Recently she has been investigating how alternate reality games can be used to support learning and her first book, Learning with Digital Games, has just been published.