Is there a Place for Casual Games in Teaching and Learning?: The Snakes and Ladders Case

Casual Games, Casual Players And Casual Games Industry

Learning can take place in two settings: (i) in a formal learning environment (i.e., school, university) or a non-formal one (i.e., as any form of organized, systematic educational activity curried out outside the framework of a formal systems, such as seminars, vocational training programs, etc.) and (ii) in an informal learning environment (at home, with friends, at leisure time, while waiting for the bus, or in a queue, etc.) (Bradburne, 2001; La Belle, 1982; Fordham, 1993).