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Marcela Pessoa; Marcia Lima; Fernanda Pires; Gabriel Haydar; Rafaela Melo; Luiz Rodrigues; David Oliveira; Elaine Oliveira; Leandro Galvao; Bruno Gadelha; Seiji Isotani; Isabela Gasparini; Tayana Conte – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
Game designers and researchers have sought to create gameful environments that consider user preferences to increase engagement and motivation. In this sense, it is essential to identify the most suitable game elements for users' profiles. Designers and researchers must choose strategies to classify users into predefined profiles and select the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Game Based Learning, Classification, Learner Engagement
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Saleem, Awaz Naaman; Noori, Narmin Mohammed; Ozdamli, Fezile – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2022
In recent years, there has been a lot of attention given to the trend of including game elements into non-gaming facilities. The usage of gamification in education is a massive benefit for motivation, user interaction, and social effects. The gamified elements such as points, badge, feedbacks, level, rewards, challenges, etc. have been used in…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement
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Seifert, Tami; Gez, Yoav – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2021
The article describes projects that combined experiential learning and gamification with teachers and pupils in junior high school science classes. The pupils planned and designed projects and critiqued the quality of the final products. A field report study model was employed using principles from the world of play in order to better understand…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Game Based Learning, Play, Recess Breaks
Michole Washington – ProQuest LLC, 2024
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, students were required to transition into a broken online educational experience. However, this unfortunate shift, proved to be an opportune escape route to distance Black girls from traditional anti-Black STEM experiences. This was an opportunity to create educational STEM experiences and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Ross, Robert; Hall, Richard – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
Teaching second year undergraduate digital electronics is a serious business, designed to impart individual technical mastery. In this paper we attempt to embed several key digital logic concepts within an escape room game. We report results of iteratively piloting our game with academic engineering staff and then used them with students showing…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Problem Solving, Educational Environment, Undergraduate Students
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Robberts, Anna S.; Van Ryneveld, Linda – Industry and Higher Education, 2022
Educators are drawn into a battle for student attention and engagement in any learning environment. This article describes how a learning environment can be changed into a game-based activity to ensure student engagement. Modules aimed at the professional development of students present numerous challenges in the structuring of learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Students, Engineering Education, Game Based Learning
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Jost, Patrick – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020
Exploratory learning has become a widely applied, pedagogical concept. One approach to encourage exploratory knowledge creation are situated game experiences. Putting learners in quest-based environments can thereby support engagement through exploration and at the same time, allow for a variety of supportive learning strategies. However,…
Descriptors: Misinformation, Game Based Learning, Learner Engagement, Learning Strategies
Rosalyn Kelson Richards – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Many researchers have observed that gamified mixed reality learning environments (gMRLEs) can increase learner engagement, motivation, knowledge acquisition, and critical thinking. However, there is no consensus on strategies and methods for designing gMRLEs. The purpose of this qualitative Delphi study was to identify best practices in designing…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Gamification, Game Based Learning, Computer Simulation
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Huang, Biyun; Hew, Khe Foon; Lo, Chung Kwan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
In recent years, flipped learning has attracted much attention around the world. This instructional approach is appealing because it can free up class time for knowledge application activities with help from the instructor and peers. However, its implementation can be fraught with challenges. Student disengagement in out-of-class activities, for…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Blended Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students
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Forrer, Don; Bechtel, Stephanie; Brown, Kendra; Mabesa, Jose, Jr.; Gunn, Linda; Hayes, Richard L.; Fall, Lisa; Wilmore, Todd – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2019
This interactive, cross-disciplinary research explores face-to-face and online strategies for faculty to deploy in the classroom that encourage connections beyond forced engagement methodologies commonly used. Concentration is on methods of connecting that are "out of the mainstream" and benefit both students and faculty. Findings…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship
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Kyei-Blankson, Lydia, Ed.; Ntuli, Esther, Ed.; Blankson, Joseph, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
While online courses are said to be beneficial and many reputable brick and mortar higher education institutions are now offering undergraduate and graduate programs online, there is still ongoing debate on issues related to credibility and acceptability. There is some reluctance to teach online and to admit and hire students who have enrolled in…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods
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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