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Hannes Rall; Emma Harper – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2024
Our paper seeks to investigate how mediation using emerging technologies can increase student engagement within the context of teaching English Literature in Singapore. Through a discussion of our ongoing project to create an adaptation of Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" as an animated game in virtual reality, we focus upon the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, English Literature, Computer Games
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Zhang Huiyu; Linda Fang – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
Biostatistics is a second-year subject taken by Biomedical Engineering Diploma students in Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore. Gamification elements, referenced from the popular "Pokémon GO," were infused into a suite of activities. The purpose was to engage and sustain the interest of students while facilitating the successful execution of…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Games, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Maryam Bisadi; Alton Y. K. Chua – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2014
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the use of digital game to help international student to acquire adjustment-related information. Design/methodology/approach: The study introduces a digital game called Digital Game for International Student Training (DGIST) which is intended to satisfy important aspects of international students' information…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Game Based Learning, Computer Games
Bisadi, Maryam; Chua, Alton Y. K; Keong, Lee Chu – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
Although digital games have been developed for various subject areas, little attention has been focused on using digital games to address international students' adjustment issues. For this reason, this paper endeavors to explore the use of a digital game in facilitating international students acquire adjustment-related information. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Educational Games
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Koh, Elizabeth; Kin, Yeo Gee; Wadhwa, Bimlesh; Lim, John – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
With the proliferation of entertainment games, supported by heavy investment in the underlying technologies, educators are now examining the educational values of gaming and attempting to incorporate games into their teaching. In Singapore, the game sector is worth many million Singapore dollars (SGDs), and gaming is an engaging activity of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Barriers
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers