Nicola Whitton is Professor of Digital Learning and Play in the Department of Computer and Information Science at Northumbria University Newcastle.

Whitton holds a doctorate in the use of educational games for learning and her research focuses on the play in adulthood, in particular games and learning in the context of Higher Education, and the potential of play in teaching, research, and academic practice.

Whitton's most recent projects have focused on the potential of escape room design for learning.

Whitton's most recent publication (2022) Play and Learning in Adulthood: Reimagining Pedagogy and the Politics of Education available at Amazon.

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