Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 16 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Adukaite, Asta | 1 |
Akpinar, Sükran | 1 |
Alyaz, Yunus | 1 |
Annansingh, Fenio | 1 |
Anupam, Aditya | 1 |
Cankaya, Serkan | 1 |
Cantoni, Lorenzo | 1 |
De Luca, D. | 1 |
Dogan, Alev | 1 |
Duff, Christine | 1 |
Durak, Gürhan | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 15 |
Reports - Research | 14 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 4 |
Secondary Education | 4 |
Postsecondary Education | 3 |
Early Childhood Education | 1 |
Elementary Education | 1 |
Grade 4 | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Willett, Rebekah – Learning, Media and Technology, 2018
This study investigates children's media literacy with a specific focus on socially situatedness of children's understanding of online gaming industries and related marketing. This article analyzes interviews with 8-9-year-olds and their parents in homes in the U.S.A. Rather than concentrating on developmental factors, the article uses a…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Industry, Children, Computer Games
Durak, Gürhan; Cankaya, Serkan; Yünkül, Eyup; Taylan, Ufuk; Erten, Emine; Akpinar, Sükran – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of a game called Wild Web Woods (WWW) designed by the European Council for safe Internet use on secondary school students' safe Internet use. In line with this purpose, for the purpose of determining the students' awareness of safe Internet use, a total of 504 students from different…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires
Stieler-Hunt, Colleen J.; Jones, Christian M. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
Significant barriers to using digital games in classrooms exist despite evidence to indicate digital games can enhance academic achievement. This qualitative, grounded theory study purports an interpretive understanding of the experiences of 13 Australian teachers who have used immersive digital games (IDGs) in the classroom. These teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Technology, Computer Games, Semi Structured Interviews
Prestridge, Sarah – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
Teachers' current uses of technologies still tend to replicate traditional and/ or administrative practices, with research indicating that the pedagogies required for the effective integration of educational technologies are not yet in evidence amongst the majority of teachers. In order to conceptualise what could be considered effective…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Case Studies
Gallup, Jennifer; Duff, Christine; Serianni, Barbara; Gallup, Adam – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
A phenomenological study was conducted to investigate the social experiences and perceptions of friendship among three adolescents with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) engaged in online videogame play in the context of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Semi-structured interviews with three participants, diagnosed with…
Descriptors: Socialization, Friendship, Computer Games, Role Playing
Anupam, Aditya; Gupta, Ridhima; Naeemi, Azad; JafariNaimi, Nassim – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2018
Quantum mechanics (QMs) is a foundational subject in many science and engineering fields. It is difficult to teach, however, as it requires a fundamental revision of the assumptions and laws of classical physics and probability. Furthermore, introductory QM courses and texts predominantly focus on the mathematical formulations of the subject and…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Experiential Learning, Introductory Courses, Educational Games
Li, Shupin; Hietajärvi, Lauri; Palonen, Tuire; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Hakkarainen, Kai – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
The purpose of the study was to assess adolescents' participation in various socio-digital activities by using a self-report questionnaire, a social networking questionnaire, and interviews. The participants (n = 253) were grade 6-9 students from a multicultural lower-secondary school in Finland. Three profiles of socio-digital participation were…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Questionnaires, Friendship, Gender Differences
Prigmore, M.; Taylor, R.; De Luca, D. – Computer Science Education, 2016
This paper presents the findings of an exploratory case study into the relationship between student autonomy and motivation in project based learning, using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to frame the investigation. The case study explores how different forms of motivation affect the students' response to challenges and their intention to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Personal Autonomy, Learning Motivation, Active Learning
Hollister, Jonathan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation explores and describes the in-character and out-of-character information worlds and digital literacy practices of role-players, those that create and enact their characters' or avatars' stories, both within and outside of WildStar, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) (Carbine Studios, 2015). Utilizing Jaeger…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Role Playing, Computer Games, Simulated Environment
Annansingh, Fenio; Veli, Thomas – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2016
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate children interaction in cyberspace and their use of Web 2.0 technologies. It sought their perception of internet risks as well as their knowledge and experience with electronic safety (e-safety) measures. It also considered parents', teachers' and other stakeholders' perception of internet risks, e-safety…
Descriptors: Internet, Child Safety, Web 2.0 Technologies, Attitude Measures
Edwards, Susan; Henderson, Michael; Gronn, Donna; Scott, Anne; Mirkhil, Moska – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
A digital disconnect perspective is founded on an assumption that technology use in the home is frequent, creative and generative, and that technology use in the early childhood centre should be the same as that found in the home. However, such arguments divert our attention from understanding the nature of the setting and thereby from an…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Influences, Computer Use
Marcon, Nerissa; Faulkner, Julie – English in Australia, 2016
Digital games are positioned in literacy research as integral to contemporary youth culture and their potential as a learning resource continues to be explored in current literature. This paper examines the use of "Minecraft" as a pedagogical tool to motivate girls' literacy practices within the secondary English classroom. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation
Vasileiadou, Ioanna; Makrina, Zafiri – English Language Teaching, 2017
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of computer games in learning English as a foreign language and the extent to which they increase motivation in young students. More particularly, this research investigated the validity of the hypothesis that computer games are a particularly motivating means for young students to…
Descriptors: Computer Games, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Uluay, Gulsah; Dogan, Alev – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The main purpose of the study is to introduce Kodu Game Lab that is created by Microsoft as an example for technology integration into learning process to pre-service science teachers with MAGDAIRE framework. The participants were in a special teaching methods course at a university in Turkey during the fall 2015 semester. Mix method research…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Technology Integration, Computer Games, Science Activities
Adukaite, Asta; Cantoni, Lorenzo – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2016
Diffusion of digital games and the trend of gamification in various fields have increased scholars' attention on how digital games or their elements can be introduced into formal and informal learning practices. Majority of the research in this field has been conducted in economically developed regions and not so much in emerging economies. With…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Consciousness Raising, Heritage Education, Program Development
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1 | 2