Digital Learning Games

How can games support deep and meaningful learning?

First-year student Pariya Akhavass shares her experience of moving beyond games as engagement tools towards designing meaningful learning experiences.

🔗Read the full interview: https://www.tlu.ee/en/dt/mediahub/blogs/teaching-learning-games-masters-digital-learning-games

In the Digital Learning Games master’s programme, students learn how to design play experiences that truly support learning.🎲 📚

First-year student Pariya Akhavass shares how the programme focuses on aligning games with learning objectives, cognitive processes, and emotional engagement.

🔗Read the full interview on the Tallinn University School of Digital Technologies website and explore the Digital Learning Games programme. www.tlu.ee/en/dt/mediahub/blogs/teaching-learning-games-masters-digital-learning-games

✅Learn more about the Digital learning Games master’s programme and apply now! https://estonia.dreamapply.com/enter/3391

📢Applications for international master’s programmes at the School of Digital Technologies open on 5 January 2026.

The School of Digital Technologies at Tallinn University invites prospective international students to apply to its English-taught master’s programmes.

🎓Open for applications from 5 January 2026:
🔹Digital Learning Games
🔹Human-Computer Interaction
🔹Interaction Design

Admissions also remain open for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme in Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Societies.

Our programmes are designed for applicants interested in interdisciplinary, research-driven, and practice-oriented studies, with a strong focus on human-centered digital and technological solutions in a vibrant international learning environment.

Me armastame mängulist lähenemist ja seetõttu on meie tänavune jõulukaart loodud digitaalse e-mänguna. Kaardi autorid on digitehnoloogiate instituudi digitaalsed õpimängud magistriõppekava õppejõud ja üliõpilased: Mikhail Fiadotau, Alesia Zhuli, Anni Hõ.

🎄🎁Kaardi avamiseks ja tervituse käivitamiseks klõpsa lingil. https://dti.tlu.ee/xmas/ Häid pühi!

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We love a playful approach, and so a game was developed by the faculty and students of the Digital Learning Games master’s programme: Mikhail Fiadotau, Alesia Zhuli, and Anni Hõ.

🎄🎁Click the link to play the card. https://dti.tlu.ee/xmas/ Happy Holidays!

Peadar Callaghan of Tallinn University's Game Learning Group was invited to speak at the International School Principals Conference held in Istanbul this December. He delivered a workshop on cybersecurity concerns for children and the importance of taking a playful and game-based approach to this education. He was also one of the experts in the round table discussions being held about the impact of new technologies on education. The conference offered opportunities to discuss potential collaboration on future projects and share best practices in modern education. In addition to the conference, he was part of discussions hosted by the Department of Education in Istanbul and toured several schools to see how Turkey is approaching the use of technology in educational settings (https://ispc.okulyoneticileri.org.tr).

Peadar Callaghan is giving a 1-minute lecture about how video games can help the world.

Ühe minuti loeng: Kuidas saavad videomängud maailma aidata? Arvutimänge süüdistatakse sõltuvuse tekitamises ja aja raiskamises, aga kuidas võiks sama tehnoloogia teha meid targemaks, turvalisemaks ja üksteisega rohkem...

Martin Sillaots presented his risk management game MitiGate on the Ekspert Eetris show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyFwn6rHSjQ

Peadar Callaghan was giving a talk on Joseph Carson's podcast about The Power of Games in Cybersecurity:

The Power of Games in Cybersecurity with Peadar Quickly and easily listen to Security by Default for free!

Martin Sillaots presented an article about AmendMe: A Tabletop Game to Teach European Parliament's Legislative Process at the ECGBL25

Leonardo Sorrentino is presenting Modelling Language Acquisition in Commercial Off-the-Shelf Games: A Multiple Case Study at ECGBL25

Right now, Peadar Callaghan is giving a presentation about Threat Forge: Using a Narrative Game to Explore Future Societal Challenges at ECGBL25.