Staff Directory - Patrick Felicia

My Biography

Patrick Felicia, PhD, is a lecturer and researcher at Waterford Institute of Technology, where he teaches and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students. He obtained his MSc in Multimedia Technology in 2003 and PhD in Computer Science in 2009 from University College Cork, Ireland.

Patrick has a keen interest in the design and development of engaging educational multimedia-based application for secondary and third level. He is specialized in Game-Based Learning, Multimedia, Educational Psychology, and Instructional Design.

He is Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL) and has also served on program committees for international Game-Based Learning and Technology-Enhanced Learning conferences and journals.

Patrick is the conference director for the Irish Symposium on Game-Based Learning, a popular conference organized in Ireland, on the topic on games and learning (http://igblconference.wordpress.com/), and the chair of the Game-Based Learning Research Group at WIT.

Patrick is currently conducting research in the fields  of adaptive educational games and user profiling in video games. He is also  investigating the factors that may facilitate or prevent the integration of GBL in primary, secondary and third-level education.

In addition to his research on GBL, he also focuses on promoting best practices for GBL amongst educationalists (e.g., keynotes and workshops), a task he believes is crucial for a wider understanding and acceptance of GBL.

Specialties:

- Game-Based Learning
- User Profiling in Educational Games
- Multimedia and eLearning