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Ethics Issues of Digital Contents for Pre-Service Primary Teachers: A Gamification Experience for Self-Assessment with Socrative
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Pérez Garcias, Adolfina; Marín, Victoria I. – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2016
The knowledge society has brought many possibilities for open education practices and, simultaneously, deep ethical challenges related to the use, sharing and reuse of digital content. In fact, even at university level, many undergraduate students do not respect the licences of digital resources. As part of the contents of a third-year educational…
Descriptors: Ethics, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Electronic Publishing
Treatment of an Anonymous Recipient: Solid-Waste Management Simulation Game
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Wu, Ko-Chiu; Huang, Po-Yuan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2015
This study developed a game simulation based on problem solving in the management of urban waste. We then investigated the factors affecting the decisions made by players. During gameplay, the players sought to guide the development of a city via management strategies involving a balance of economic growth and environmental protection. Nature…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
An Alternate Reality for Education? Lessons to Be Learned from Online Immersive Games
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Moseley, Alex – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2012
Drawing on a participatory study of the Perplex City alternate reality game, this paper considers the data obtained through participation and a detailed survey of the most engaged players, in order to determine the most engaging features and suggest methods for their transfer to educational contexts. Originally presented at a conference in 2008,…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Game Theory, Learner Engagement
High School Rugby Players' Perception of Coaching Effectiveness
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Broodryk, Retief; van den Berg, Pieter Hendrick – Online Submission, 2011
The aims of this study were firstly to determine the players' perceptions of their respective coaches' coaching effectiveness and secondly, determine the difference between big and small schools of the players' perceptions of their respective coaches' coaching effectiveness. Four hundred and seventy six players from 22 schools were asked to fill…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness, High Schools
The Tactical Approach to Teaching Games from Teaching, Learning and Mentoring Perspectives
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Wright, Steven; McNeill, Mike; Fry, Joan M. – Sport, Education and Society, 2009
This study examined the teaching of games via a tactical approach (also known as teaching games for understanding) from the theoretical perspective of social constructivism. A pilot study (of student teachers (STs) and pupils) informed the "main" study which included collecting data on 49 STs, 58 cooperating teachers (CTs) and 1177 pupils. ST data…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Games, Questionnaires, Interviews
Sports Betting and Other Gambling in Athletes, Fans, and Other College Students
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Nelson, Toben F.; LaBrie, Richard A.; LaPlante, Debi A.; Stanton, Michael; Shaffer, Howard J.; Wechsler, Henry – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2007
Gambling on college and professional sports and the influence of attending colleges with differing levels of "sports interest" were examined among athletes, sports fans, and other students (N = 10,559) at 119 colleges in the United States using multilevel statistical analysis. Athletes and fans reported more sports gambling compared to…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, College Athletics, Athletes, Statistical Analysis