This volume LNCS constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2024, held in Berlin, Germany during November 20-22, 2024.The 30 full papers and 15 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. They focus on Designing for Engagement;, Sustainability and Environmental Literacy in Serious Games; Detecting Deception and Developing Leadership; Futures Literacy; Serious Games for Health and Immersi...

Rosa Wang’s remarkable book takes readers to the last frontier of the mobile/digital revolution. While much has been written about breakthrough technologies and early adopters who live where roads are good and smart phones are affordable, this book explores the largely undocumented journey of how digital technologies are entering the lives of those in extreme poverty—people, often women, often illiterate—who live without electricity or running water.With powerful stories, Wang brin...