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Gao, Ya; Pan, Lin – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Mobile-assisted language learning is a growing feature of contemporary language learning, and their distinct gamification design produces new and increasingly popular contexts for language learning. This paper explores the gamification features of the two most popular EFL vocabulary learning applications widely used by Asian learners --…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Yang, Zhiguo; Guo, Xiang – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2020
Hadoop is a well-known big data system and a subject covered in many big data courses. This article describes two role play games for teaching the two fundamental components in the Hadoop framework, MapReduce and Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). In the games, students form teams and play different roles as a part of a Hadoop cluster. The…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Class Activities
Grace Hui Chin Lin – Online Submission, 2024
This research was conducted in a National University of western part in Taiwan. It guided students to select language learning games of language learning (Amur et al. (2024; Huang & Liaw, 2021; Srinivasan & Reddy 2023) on Facebook or other websites to improve English Language proficiencies in listening, speaking reading and writing. Below…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
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Jabbari, Nasser; Eslami, Zohreh R. – ReCALL, 2019
This review examines the second language acquisition (SLA) literature with regard to the role of "massively multiplayer online games" (MMOGs) in second language (L2) learning. It focuses on commercially developed off-the-shelf (COTS) MMOGs only (some of them modified for educational purposes such as Reinders' & Wattana's work). It…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Games, Second Language Instruction, Role
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Di Blas, Nicoletta; Paolini, Paolo – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
This paper is about how serious games based on MUVEs in formal education can foster collaboration. More specifically, it is about a large case-study with four different programs which took place from 2002 to 2009 and involved more than 9,000 students, aged between 12 and 18, from various nations (18 European countries, Israel and the USA). These…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Computer Games
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Chen, Chih-Hung; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Previous research has illustrated the importance of acquiring knowledge from authentic contexts; however, without full engagement, students' learning performance might not be as good as expected. In this study, a Team Competition-based Ubiquitous Gaming approach was proposed for improving students' learning effectiveness in authentic learning…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Competition, Educational Games, Learning Activities
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Carliner, Saul, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2019
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "E-Learn 2019: World Conference on E-Learning" took place in New…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Electronic Learning, Conference Papers, Learner Engagement
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Kim, Do Kyun; Dinu, Lucian F.; Chung, Wonjon – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2013
Currently, the South Korean government is in the process of transforming school textbooks from a paper-based platform to a computer-based digital platform. Along with this effort, interactive online educational games (edu-games) have been examined as a potential component of the digital textbooks. Based on the theory of diffusion of innovations,…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Boyle, Tom; And Others – 1994
Six conference panel discussions on uses of technology in education are presented. The first panel, "The Use of Hypermedia in the Teaching and Learning of Programming" (Tom Boyle, Chair, and others) discusses achievements in hypermedia-based instruction, design needs, and experiences. The second panel, "Virtual Clayoquot Video…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education
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