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Odd Rune Stalheim; Hege Merete Somby – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
There has long been an increased focus on and investment in digital technology in schools to improve the quality of education. While digital tools have gained access to pedagogical spheres, physical activity has been overlooked, as pupils often engage in activities that require minimal bodily movement. In this article, we discuss pupils'…
Descriptors: Simulated Environment, Physical Environment, Educational Games, Human Body
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Stefan, Ioana A.; Gheorghe, Ancuta Florentina; Stefan, Antoniu; Piki, Andriani; Tsalapata, Hariklia; Heidmann, Olivier – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2022
The goal of this paper is to explore how game-based experiences can be leveraged through mobile technology to activate learner engagement and achieve a seamless connection between formal and informal learning. The paper presents a mobile game authoring tool that enables educators to create gamified lesson paths, drawing on the concept of atomic…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Learning Experience, Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices
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Chatchadaporn Pinthong; Natpawee Poungkaew; Titapa Ampaipis; Jirapipat Thanyaphongphat; Panu Pimviriyakul; Somchart Maenpuen – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic prevented students from attending on-site classes. Consequently, their face-to-face interactions decreased. Thus, it became crucial to design learning activities to enhance the motivation of students and inspire them to achieve the desired learning outcomes during the long disruption of on-site classes. Mobile…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Learning Activities
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Livingston, Anne S. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2022
Finding ways to utilize technology to engage the digital generation with the outdoors is important for many reasons. Spending time outside is associated with improvement in mental and physical health which has been demonstrated to decline with high users of technology. Positive outdoor experiences help shape conservation behavior which is…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Outdoor Education, Learner Engagement, Conservation (Environment)
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Yu-Chi Chen; Huei-Tse Hou – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
Technologies like ChatGPT and other AI tools have impacted learning by giving students more chances to ask questions and explore knowledge. The inclusion of Non-Player Characters (NPCs) as scaffolding in game-based situated learning activities can have a positive impact on learning. The application of ChatGPT to role-playing has potential;…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Akman, Emrah; Çakir, Recep – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Recently, virtual reality seems to be deevloping rapidly. However, it can be said that virtual reality is in the early days of adoption for education. Studies show that using virtual reality in education can positively affect students' learning experiences. In this study, the effect of an educational virtual reality game, named "Kesfet…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement
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Wendy James; Grainne Oates; Nikki Schonfeldt – Accounting Education, 2025
There is growing support to the argument that effective use of technology in blended learning initiatives, such as gamification, can influence student retention and combat low levels of student engagement as well as improve academic performance. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a gamified mobile application (GMA)…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Learner Engagement, Instructional Materials
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Nelson, Brian C.; Bowman, Catherine D. D.; Bowman, Judd D.; Pérez Cortés, Luis E.; Adkins, Adrianna; Escalante, Edgar; Owen, Brooke L.; Ha, Jesse; Su, Man – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This study examines the impact of a mobile game app on science museum visitors' level of engagement with exhibit content, compared to a non game-based version of the same app. Ask Dr. Discovery (Dr. D) is a question-asking app containing two versions: a Game Mode employing casual game mechanics and an Ask Mode providing a baseline version. We…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Museums, Science Education, Exhibits
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Annalisa Raffone – Language Teaching Research, 2025
In today's society, marked by the spread of Covid-19 that forced the shift from a traditional face-to-face to a fully online setting, digital tools are becoming more and more essential to engage 21st Century students in their classroom activities. In the context of ELT (English Language Teaching), Digital Game-Based Language Learning (DGBLL) has…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yang, Xiantong; Zhang, Mengmeng; Kong, Lingqiang; Wang, Qiang; Hong, Jon-Chao – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
Game-based learning supported by mobile intelligence technology has promoted the renewal of teaching and learning models. Herein, a model of Question-Observation-Doing-Explanation (QODE) based on smart phones was constructed and applied to science learning during school disruption in COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, from the theoretical…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Electronic Learning
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El Naggar, Bassant; Berkling, Kay – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Playing games on mobile devices has become an integral part of younger generations' lives. Mobile games foster, among other things, deep concentration. This paper reports on design guidelines derived from observations of six elementary school pupils' engagement over a six-week period during an after-school reading club program. Each meeting…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Design, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students
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Krouska, Akrivi; Troussas, Christos; Sgouropoulou, Cleo – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
The closure of educational institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic leads imperatively to the utilization of technological advances and the Internet for enabling the continuity of learning. To this direction, Mobile Game-based Learning (MGbL) can be beneficial to teaching and learning; since, from technological perspective, most students prefer…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Electronic Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Nunes da Silva Júnior, José; Santos de Lima, Paulo Roberto; Sousa Lima, Mary Anne; Monteiro, Álvaro Carvalho; Silva de Sousa, Ulisses; Melo Leite Júnior, Antonio José; Vega, Kimberly Benedetti; Oliveira Alexandre, Francisco Serra; Jalles Monteiro, André – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
This report provides information about a free-of-charge, trilingual (Portuguese, Spanish, and English) game-based application that engages high school and undergraduate students in reviewing the structural theory of organic compounds in a challenging way. In Time Bomb Game, students must disarm a time bomb on their own by correctly answering…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Learner Engagement
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Lee, Juhee – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Grounded in game-based learning and problem-based learning, this study compared the effects of an augmented reality (AR) mobile game and a printed game on student engagement and attitudes toward foreign language learning. For this purpose, a narrative-driven, location-based AR mobile game was developed based on the analysis, design, development,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Al-Razgan, Muna; Alotaibi, Hind M. – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Considerable advances in the capabilities of modern mobile devices have enabled their use as powerful educational tools. Today, mobile learning games are widely used as creative platforms for teaching and learning, offering enjoyable and ubiquitous educational content. This study describes the design and evaluation of a mobile Arabic orthography…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Handheld Devices, Educational Games, Spelling Instruction
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