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Salas-Rueda, Ricardo-Adán; Salas-Rueda, Érika-Patricia; Salas-Rueda, Rodrigo-David – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2020
This mixed research aims to analysis and design the Web Game On Descriptive Statistics (WGODS) through the ADDIE model, data science and machine learning. The sample consists of 61 students from a university in Mexico. WGODS is a technological tool (quiz game) that presents various questions and answers about statistics (quantitative and…
Descriptors: Statistics, Computer Games, College Students, Educational Games
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Shonfeld, Miri; Greenstein, Yoram – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
This paper focuses on student attitudes about using a virtual world (VW) learning platform. VWs allow students to meet via avatars and experience events that simulate real social experiences. It can also enhance student motivation, learning and collaboration. However, studies have reported that many students and teachers find VW difficult to use,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, College Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation
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Chen, Yen-Chun – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
As pupils are largely increased the opportunities to contact digital games, the effect of digital games has been broadly discussed and studied. Digital games no longer play the function of entertainment, but could assist students in more active learning and deeper and broader learning, when being applied to instruction. It is limited to learn in…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Games, Student Motivation
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Wichadee, Saovapa; Pattanapichet, Fasawang – Teaching English with Technology, 2018
The study was conducted to find out what impact a digital game had on students' learning performance and motivation. A quasi-experimental study was performed with two groups of students. The experimental group was taught using the digital game "Kahoot" whereas the control group was taught with the conventional method. Pre-tests,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Computer Games, Educational Games, Student Motivation
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Mavridis, Apostolos; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Chatzakis, Michalis; Kitsikoudis, Konstantinos; Lazarou, Efthymios – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2015
This study examined whether a 3D collaborative gave can be used as a midterm examination method and investigated the impact of this game on students' attitude towards collaboration. A total of 89 students and one coordinating professor participated in this study. The intervention lasted five weeks and took place in a computer science department.…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Testing
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Kuo, Ming-Shiou; Chuang, Tsung-Yen – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2013
The teaching of 3D digital game design requires the development of students' meta-skills, from story creativity to 3D model construction, and even the visualization process in design thinking. The characteristics a good game designer should possess have been identified as including redesign things, creativity thinking and the ability to…
Descriptors: Design, Cognitive Processes, Thinking Skills, Creativity
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Hanewald, Ria – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to present selected literature on learners and collaborative learning in virtual worlds. Research in virtual worlds on collaborative learners is gradually emerging and will gain in significance, particularly in online and distance education environments. It will be argued that the design and functionality of virtual…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Educational Environment
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Tao, Yu-Hui; Cheng, Chieh-Jen; Sun, Szu-Yuan – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
The higher education system in Taiwan has increasingly adopted business simulation games (BSGs) in recent years. Previous BSG benefit research has shifted focus from learning performance to motivation due to mixed results. One recent study empirically investigated student perceptions on the continued use of BSGs; however, the counterpart of higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Computer Games, Computer Simulation
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Cleland, Deborah; Dray, Anne; Perez, Pascal; Cruz-Trinidad, Annabelle; Geronimo, Rollan – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
REEFGAME is a computer-assisted role-playing game that explores the interactions among management strategies, livelihood options, and ecological degradation in subsistence fishing communities. The tool has been successfully used in the Philippines and a variety of student workshops. In the field, REEFGAME operated as a two-way learning tool,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Marine Biology, Marine Education, Sustainable Development
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Herselman, M. E. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2000
Explored the role computer games can play in providing learning opportunities for resource-deprived students. After exposure to the games as individuals and in groups, the English as a Second Language (ESL) proficiency of resource-deprived learners showed great improvement. (EV)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education, Educationally Disadvantaged