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Game Creation in Youth Media and Information Literacy Education
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Costa, Conceição; Tyner, Kathleen; Henriques, Sara; Sousa, Carla – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2018
This article presents the preliminary findings of GamiLearning (2015-2018), a research project that aims to promote critical and participative dimensions of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) in children through the creation of digital games. The project presents an innovative approach by arguing that MIL can be promoted through the process of…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Video Games
Case Study of an Epistemic Mathematics Computer Game
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Buteau, Chantal; Muller, Eric – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2018
E-Brock Bugs is a serious educational game (SEG) about probability which was created based on Devlin's design principles for games whose players adopt identities of mathematically able persons. This kind of games in which "players think and act like real world professionals" has been called epistemic. This article presents an empirical…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Probability, Educational Technology
Negative Experiences as Learning Trigger: A Play Experience Empirical Research on a Game for Social Change Case Study
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Mariani, Ilaria; Gandolfi, Enrico – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
This study shows the results gathered from 141 subjects playing the persuasive urban game "A Hostile World" via a post-game-experience quantitative questionnaire. The aim is to problematize and deepen the role of negative emotions (e.g., frustration, rage)--explicitly fostered by "A Hostile World" to increase empathy toward…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Social Change, Questionnaires, Affective Behavior
Motivation Monitoring and Assessment Extension for Input-Process-Outcome Game Model
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Ghergulescu, Ioana; Muntean, Cristina Hava – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2014
This article proposes a Motivation Assessment-oriented Input-Process-Outcome Game Model (MotIPO), which extends the Input-Process-Outcome game model with game-centred and player-centred motivation assessments performed right from the beginning of the game-play. A feasibility case-study involving 67 participants playing an educational game and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Electronic Learning, Learning Motivation, Input Output Analysis
Designing and Deploying 3D Collaborative Games in Education
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Mavridis, Apostolos; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Terzidou, Theodouli – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
This paper focuses on methodologies of serious games deployment and evaluation. Particularly, this study will present a specific category of serious games that are based on Collaborative Virtual Environments and they aim to support Collaborative Learning. We call these serious games Collaborative Virtual Educational Games (CVEG). The paper aims to…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Instructional Design, Cooperative Learning, Educational Games
Perceived Sociability and Social Presence in a Collaborative Serious Game
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Oksanen, Kimmo; Hämäläinen, Raija – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2013
Collaborative serious games have proven to have the potential to support joint knowledge construction, and there is a growing interest in applying such games to promote high-level learning. However, most of the existing studies have focused on the effects of functional, task-specific support while ignoring the social aspects of collaborative…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Cooperative Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Behavior