Patrick Felicia 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. He has published several books and articles on the use of video games for educational purposes, including Handbook of Research on Improving Learning and Motivation through Educational Games:Multidisciplinary Approaches (published by IGI) and Digital games in schools: a handbook for teachers, published by European Schoolnet. Patrick is also the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Game-based Learning (IJGBL) and the conference director of the Irish Symposium on Game-based Learning, a popular conference on games and learning organized throughout Ireland.
