How character customization affects learning in computational thinking

Lin, Lorraine; Parmar, Dhaval; Babu, Sabarish V.; Leonard, Alison; Daily, Shaundra B.; Jörg, Sophie

doi:10.1145/3119881.3119884

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“…But character customization is not only used for entertainment purposes. Previous studies have proven these customization options to be positive to improve learning effects of e-learning software (Lin et al 2017) and for increasing the appealing of different serious applications (Reski and Alissandrakis 2020;Ravyse et al 2017). This supports the hypothesis of using avatars to treat auditory hallucinations.…”

Section: Avatar Creation Systemsupporting

confidence: 63%

Co-design of avatars to embody auditory hallucinations of patients with schizophrenia

et al. 2021

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Auditory hallucinations are common and distressing symptoms of the schizophrenia disease. It is commonly treated with pharmacological approaches but, unfortunately, such an approach is not effective in all patients. In the cases in which the use of antipsychotic drugs is not possible or not recommended, psychotherapeutic interventions are used to help patients gain power and control against hearing voices. Recently, virtual reality technologies have been incorporated to this type of therapies. A virtual representation of their voice (avatar) is created in a controlled computer-based environment, and the patient is encouraged to confront it. Unfortunately, the software tools used in these therapies are not described in depth and, even more important, to the best of our knowledge, their usability, utility and intention to use by therapists, and patients have not been evaluated enough. The involvement of end users in the software development is beneficial in obtaining useful and usable tools. Hence, the two contributions of this paper are (1) the description of an avatar creation system and the main technical details of the configuration of auditory hallucination avatars, and (2) its evaluation from both the therapists’ and the patients’ viewpoints. The evaluation does not only focus on usability, but also assesses the acceptance of the technology as an important indicator of the future use of a new technological tool. Moreover, the most important results, the lessons learned and the main limitations of our study are discussed.

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Co-design of avatars to embody auditory hallucinations of patients with schizophrenia

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“…Despite the various types of avatar designs in educational games, avatars typically represent a student's selfrepresentation [14] or as a tutor or a virtual teacher [19]. The use of avatar should not be restricted to the representation of a user, but should cover specific roles to encourage social interaction, including as a customization tool [20], as an ingame strategy [9], or as a personal identification [6,8,15]. As a customization tool, users may freely customize their avatars based on the purpose and the rules of the game [1].…”

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Modelling the Player and Avatar Attachment based on Student’s Engagement and Attention in Educational Games

Tuah¹,

Sani²

2021

IJACSA

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The Player and Avatar attachment help to motivate a student to strengthen their engagement in gameplay. The different types of avatar designs deployed in a game have an impact on students' engagements. The avatars are designed with different roles, wherein each role offers varying motivational effects on students' engagement. Several research in human and computer interaction have assessed user engagement and user attention in a computer or system application as well as in gameplay.Among the usual approaches to assess user engagement are using questionnaire and eye-tracking. Investigating the possible use of these approaches in determining the player and avatar attachment, particularly the attachment that associated with the various avatar designs and their effect on students' engagement are inconclusive and remains untapped. Essentially, studying students' engagement and attention perception while learning enriches one's comprehension about engagement in the education segment. As such, this study proposes a new model of player and avatar attachment based on the students' engagement and focus attention on the gameplay of digital educational games (DEGs). The model is developed follows a stepwise approach consisting component identification, relationship of the components, model development, and model validation. Several components were scrutinized, summarized, and developed into the model proposed in this study. A significant attachment can determine the avatar design that may influence a student's engagement in gameplay. Hence, this study offers several constructive recommendations for future avatars in game design for education purpose, which may validate the user's engagement based on his or her focus attention.

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“…Teenagers are more susceptible to short-term thinking and present-biased preferences than adults. Recent neuroimaging studies have shown that the executive function of the brain, which helps individuals create holistic views of themselves and how they interact with the world around them, will not be completely developed until a person is between 25 and 30 years old (for an overview (Lavecchia, Liu and Oreopoulos, 2015 [35])). The limbic system, instead, matures much earlier.…”

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“…Internet literacy and information processing skills are related to cognitive and metacognitive brain functions that enable effective website navigation (OECD, 2015 [39]). These skills are still under development during teenage years (Lavecchia, Liu and Oreopoulos, 2015 [35]). Websites that aim to widen students' range of choices should be structured in a way that is adapted to the cognitive capacities and information search and processing preferences of their target audiences.…”

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The role of labour market information in guiding educational and occupational choices

Hofer

Zhivkovikj²,

Smyth³

2020

OECD Education Working Papers

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Unclassified OECD EDUCATION WORKING PAPERS SERIES OECD Working Papers should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein are those of the authors. Working Papers describe preliminary results or research in progress by the author(s) and are published to stimulate discussion on a broad range of issues on which the OECD works. Comments on Working Papers are welcome, and may be sent to the Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD,

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How character customization affects learning in computational thinking

Cited by 25 publications

References 21 publications

Co-design of avatars to embody auditory hallucinations of patients with schizophrenia

Co-design of avatars to embody auditory hallucinations of patients with schizophrenia

Modelling the Player and Avatar Attachment based on Student’s Engagement and Attention in Educational Games

The role of labour market information in guiding educational and occupational choices

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