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Aisyah Saad Abdul Rahim; Kee Man Chuah – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2024
This research explores the development, execution, and student feedback on a multi-themed digital escape room (ER) activity, designed for teaching medicinal chemistry during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aimed to examine students' perceptions of the ER activity, focusing on its effectiveness in enriching students' understanding of medicinal chemistry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Pharmaceutical Education
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Dæhli, Olav; Kristoffersen, Bjørn; Lauvås, Per, Jr.; Sandnes, Tomas – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2021
Data modeling is an essential part of IT studies. Learning how to design and structure a database is important when storing data in a relational database and is common practice in the IT industry. Most students need much practice and tutoring to master the skill of data modeling and database design. When a student is in a learning process,…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Computer Games, Information Technology
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Wan, Kelvin; King, Vivian; Chan, Kevin – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2021
Game-Based Learning (GBL) has been recognized as an essential tool for motivating students to engage in active and constructive learning. While there is a link between GBL and learning outcomes, current research evidence tends to undermine the interrelationships of concepts and oversimplify flow experience in the context of GBL. This study adopted…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Game Based Learning, Student Motivation, Correlation
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Rushton, Evan; Corrigan, Seth – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2021
21st Century Standards and the Deeper Learning movement emphasize the ability to think critically and solve complex problems, to work well in teams, and to communicate effectively. While traditional classroom activities can meet these objectives, digital games and simulations provide unique affordances. When designed to incorporate formative…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Computer Games
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Scoular, Claire; Care, Esther; Awwal, Nafisa – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
With technological advances, it is now possible to use games to capture information-rich behaviours that reveal processes by which players interact and solve problems. Recent problem-based games have been designed to assess and record detailed interactions between the problem solver and the game environment, and thereby capture salient solution…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Scoring, Cooperative Learning
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Malliarakis, Christos; Satratzemi, Maya; Xinogalos, Stelios – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2014
Computer science is continuously evolving during the past decades. This has also brought forth new knowledge that should be incorporated and new learning strategies must be adopted for the successful teaching of all sub-domains. For example, computer programming is a vital knowledge area within computer science with constantly changing curriculum…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Educational Games, Computer Games, Programming
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Pløhn, Trygve – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2014
Pervasive gaming is a new and emerging gaming genre where the physical and social aspects of the real world are integrated into the game and blends into the player's everyday life. Given the nature of pervasive games, it may be possible to use that type of game as a tool to support learning in a university course by providing a gameplay where the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Design, Educational Technology, Interviews
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Neville, Karen; Heavin, Ciara – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
The emergence of social media has forced educators to think differently about the way learning occurs. Students and practitioners alike are using new technologies to connect with peers/colleagues, share ideas, resources and experiences for extracurricular activities. The social business gaming platform considered in this study leverages the social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Internet, Computer Security
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Tang, Stephen; Hanneghan, Martin; Carter, Christopher – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
Game-based learning (GBL) combines pedagogy and interactive entertainment to create a virtual learning environment in an effort to motivate and regain the interest of a new generation of "digital native" learners. However, this approach is impeded by the limited availability of suitable "serious" games and high-level design…
Descriptors: Models, Engineering, Instructional Design, Computer Games
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Meyer, Bente – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2013
During the last decade there has been a growing focus on preschool learning within education, especially with regard to the learning of basic literacies such as reading and writing. In addition to this many nation states increasingly focus on the basic literacy competences of the information society, ICT and English. This has, as suggested by for…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Preschool Education, Educational Games
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Marklund, Björn Berg; Taylor, Anna-Sofia Alklind – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2016
The task of integrating games into an educational setting is a demanding one, and integrating games as a harmonious part of a bigger ecosystem of learning requires teachers to orchestrate a myriad of complex organizational resources. Historically, research on digital game-based learning has focused heavily on the coupling between game designs,…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Learner Engagement, Case Studies, Preschool Teachers
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Katmada, Aikaterini; Mavridis, Apostolos; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2014
This paper focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of an online game for elementary and middle school mathematics. Its aim is twofold: (a) the development of the prototype of a flexible and adaptable computer game, and (b) the evaluation of this prototype, as to its usability and technical aspects. The particular computer game was…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Arnab, Sylvester; Berta, Riccardo; Earp, Jeffrey; de Freitas, Sara; Popescu, Maria; Romero, Margarida; Stanescu, Ioana; Usart, Mireia – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
Nowadays formal education systems are under increasing pressure to respond and adapt to rapid technological innovation and associated changes in the way we work and live. As well as accommodation of technology in its ever-diversifying forms, there is a fundamental need to enhance learning processes through evolution in pedagogical approaches, so…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Computer Games, Learning Processes
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Dourda, Kyriaki; Bratitsis, Tharrenos; Griva, Eleni; Papadopoulou, Penelope – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2014
In this paper an educational design proposal is presented which combines two well established teaching approaches, that of Game-based Learning (GBL) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). The context of the proposal was the design of an educational geography computer game, utilizing QR Codes and Google Earth for teaching English…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Games, Geography Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Whitton, Nicola – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
Digital games have the potential to create active and engaging environments for learning, supporting problem-solving, communication and group activities, as well as providing a forum for practice and learning through failure. The use of game techniques such as gradually increasing levels of difficulty and contextual feedback support learning, and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Adult Students, Teaching Methods, Computer Games
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