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Nicholas Glover; Kerry J. Knox; Ben Kirman; Matthew Topham; Katylily Westbury-Hawkins; Penelope Holland – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2020
We describe the production of an educational game ("Catastrophic") for supporting biology learning in higher education (HE) that was developed through a partnership between students and academic staff. We consider the ways in which the development project intersects with the use of game-based learning in HE and with Students as Partners…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Biology, Science Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship
Ajlen, Ronit; Plummer, Benjamin; Straub, Evan; Zhu, Erping – Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 2020
Gameful pedagogy is "an approach that takes inspiration from well-designed games to create learning environments that support student motivation" (Holman, 2018, p. 1). According to Self-Determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000), students are intrinsically motivated when their basic psychological needs for autonomy (the need to make…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Student Motivation
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Escudeiro, Paula; Teixeira, Dirceu; Galasso, Bruno; Neto, Nuno; Costa, Flávio – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
Serious games have a great potential to help people developing new skills or improving previously existing ones. Deaf and blind community face considerable challenges and difficulties regarding to the acquisition of skills in literacy. The design of serious games to meet the needs of the target groups where the deaf and blind people are struggling…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Game Based Learning, Deafness, Blindness