A methodological proposal for learning games selection and quality assessment

Dondi, Claudio; Moretti, Michela

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00713.x

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“…those who understand the potential of games in teaching 2. those who prefer only a specific type of game and are reluctant to try other types of games 3. those who have not used games at all and who are not interested in them (Dondi & Moretti, 2007) De Aguilera and Mendiz (2003) argue that teachers who denounce computer games across the board have no game-playing experience. Rylands (2007), a primary-school teacher and a strong believer in the importance of fun in learning, found dramatic improvement in his classes' literacy assessments through game-playing.…”

Section: Teachers' Perceptionsmentioning

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Teacher Perceptions of Games in Singapore Schools

Koh

Kin

Wadhwa

et al. 2011

Simulation & Gaming

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With the proliferation of entertainment games, supported by heavy investment in the underlying technologies, educators are now examining the educational values of gaming and attempting to incorporate games into their teaching. In Singapore, the game sector is worth many million Singapore dollars (SGDs), and gaming is an engaging activity of the young. Using a survey, this study examined the use of games and simulations in schools. The study was designed to shed light on the use of gaming activities in learning, perception of adoption and use, and problems encountered in teachers' attempts to adopt games. Factors related to teaching level, experience, and subject were also analyzed for possible influence on teachers' perceptions of gamerelated learning.

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Section: Teachers' Perceptionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teacher Perceptions of Games in Singapore Schools

Koh

Kin

Wadhwa

et al. 2011

Simulation & Gaming

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“…An important aspect of game selection concerns the contribution of a game to the school curriculum and learning goals (Dondi & Moretti, 2007;Moreno-Ger, Burgos, Martinez-Ortiz, Sierra & Fernandez-Manjón, 2008;Squire, 2007). Some games more easily fit here than others and game selection should probably be based on these criteria.…”

Section: Utilising Games In Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Learning from games: Does collaboration help?

Meij¹,

Albers²,

Leemkuil³

2011

Brit J Educational Tech

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This paper examines whether people benefit more from playing a commercial off-theshelf game in pairs rather than in solitary mode. The basic idea behind this didactic method is that there is a serious risk that solitary game play yields insufficient articulation and explanation for learning to take place. Participants in the experimental condition played a strategy game in collaborative mode (pairs). Solitary play formed the control condition. During game play data were gathered about engagement (ie, flow). Also, the dialogues of the pairs were recorded. After game completion participants individually completed a knowledge test. For solitary players this ended the session. Collaborating pairs could discuss test answers (without receiving experimenter feedback) and give a final group answer. Collaboration was found not to affect game engagement and also did not affect individual knowledge test scores. The collaboration presumably did not advance the players' individual knowledge because the game dialogues mainly dealt with superficial game features such as move proposals. The collaborating players benefitted significantly from the opportunity to discuss test scores. The discussion revolves around game selection and game didactics (including scripted collaboration and debriefing) as routes for future studies to follow in ways of improving game utilisation in school. IntroductionComputer games are extremely popular nowadays. They can be so engaging that players may lose all sense of time and place; players often display a phenomenal fascination and concentration. Schools generally do not provide a similar experience. Many students lack engagement, finding it difficult to remain concentrated on school work for an extended period of time. Yair's (2000) study is illustrative. This research, involving 865 students from 33 elementary and secondary schools, indicated that students were alienated from classroom instructions for almost half their time.

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“…Therefore, learning and teaching processes should meet quality criteria. There are at least five principles to be followed before implementing GBL [9]: z Identify target groups and prerequisites. z…”

Section: Game-based Learningmentioning

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Building a Learning Games Network in Cloud Learning Platform Based on Immigrant Education

Chen

2011

2011 International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining

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As with rapid growth of the computer technology, Elearning systems usually require many hardware and software resources, There are numerous educational institutions that cannot offer such investments, and cloud learning platform is the best solution for them. This paper proposes a model of using cloud computing and learning network upon cloud-learning solutions development. The cloud-learning platform combined with different types of games is gradually noticed by people because it can enhance user learning motivation. This research has developed a Chinese language cloud-learning system for the new immigrant based on games mode, and investigated the properties of game-based cloud-learning system, expecting to help more and more new immigrants in Taiwan. The basic concept for designing the system is developing the learning games network using digital materials, which is applied to the cloud learning platform to attract the immigrant residents and assist them to improve Chinese language skills.

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A methodological proposal for learning games selection and quality assessment

Cited by 61 publications

References 3 publications

Teacher Perceptions of Games in Singapore Schools

Teacher Perceptions of Games in Singapore Schools

Learning from games: Does collaboration help?

Building a Learning Games Network in Cloud Learning Platform Based on Immigrant Education

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