Influence of online computer games on the academic achievement of nontraditional undergraduate students

Turner, Patrick; Johnston, Elizabeth; Kebritchi, Mansureh; Evans, Sally; Heflich, David A.

doi:10.1080/2331186x.2018.1437671

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“…For instance, it is well-known that cognitive levels benefit from positive emotional engagement with the learning subject. Turner et al (2018) highlight how online serious games are valuable to reach better critical thinking skills and to improve the content knowledge. Moreover, affect-related aspects such as motivation level and self-esteem are also increased.…”

Section: Serious Games To Enrich the Learning Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Simulation-based education involving online and on-campus models in different European universities

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Int J Educ Technol High Educ

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Simulation-based education (SE) refers to the use of simulation software, tools, and serious games to enrich the teaching and learning processes. Advances in both computer hardware and software allow for employing innovative methodologies that make use of SE tools to enhance the learning experience. Moreover, thanks to the globalisation of e-learning practices, these educational experiences can be made available to students from different geographical regions and universities, which promotes the development of international and inter-university cooperation in education. This paper provides a review of recent works in the SE subject, with a focus on the areas of engineering, science, and management. It also discusses some experiences in SE involving different European universities and learning models. Finally, it also points out open challenges as well as noticeable trends.

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Section: Serious Games To Enrich the Learning Experiencementioning

confidence: 99%

Simulation-based education involving online and on-campus models in different European universities

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Int J Educ Technol High Educ

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“…Online teaching techniques: Along with advances in technology and the Internet, many traditional teaching methods have been transformed into interactive webbased educational methods [21]. In recent years, web-based courses provide many opportunities for actively engaging nursing students in learning activities [22][23][24].…”

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Strategies for sustaining and enhancing nursing students’ engagement in academic and clinical settings: a narrative review

Ghasemi¹,

Moonaghi²,

Heydari³

2020

Korean J Med Educ

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Students' engagement in academic-related learning activities is one of the important determinants of students' success. Identifying the best teaching strategies to sustain and promote nursing students' engagement in academic and clinical settings has always been a challenge for nurse educators. Hence, it is essential to provide a set of strategies for maintaining and enhancing the academic engagement of nursing students. The purpose of this review was to explore and summarize the strategies that nurse educators use to sustain and promote nursing students' engagement in academic and clinical settings. A narrative literature review was conducted. CINAHL (nursing content), ProQuest, Medline, the Cochrane, Google Scholar, and Scopus were searched. Of 1,185 retrieved articles, 32 teaching strategies were identified and extracted from the nursing literature. We used thematic analysis approach to organize these strategies into five main categories as follows: technology-based strategies (15 articles), collaborative strategies (10 articles), simulation-based strategies (two articles), research-based strategies (two articles), and miscellanea learning strategies (three articles). As a general comment, these strategies have the potential to promote nursing students' engagement. Among the strategies discussed in this review, the use of technology, particularly the response system and online learning, was more common among nursing educators, which is in line with today's advances in smart technologies. The collection presented in this review can be used as a starting point for future research to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention on the academic engagement of nursing students. Nevertheless, due to the lack of experimental studies, the optimal strategies remain to be elucidated through future high-quality experimental study.

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“…The analysis of the scientific researches of the authors (Turner et al, 2018;Bevz et al, 2019;Kvasova & Liamzina, 2019) draws our attention to the basic educational tools and their influence on the process of training students in higher education institutions. So, educational computer games are widely used for making students' learning easier.…”

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“…Consequently, the use of gaming technology based on information technology achievements helps to engage students of higher education institutions in the educational process not as passive participants, but as active ones. The important functions of linking the educational process and computer online games are: a context that reflects the use of information in real life; re-enactment of real activities; multiple viewpoints and roles; providing operational assessments and training; the representation of explanations at important moments (Turner et al, 2018). At the same time, the question of adapting online games to the professional training of future managers, determining the need and effectiveness of recruiting them remains unclear.…”

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Educational Technologies in Training Future Managers

Stupak

2020

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The introduction of educational technologies, which are developing at a rapid pace, requires professionalism and readiness of managers to implement the latest information technologies. Therefore, the use of electronic resources in the educational process in higher education can contribute both to developing professional skills and gaining the experience of using online environment. Purpose of the paper is to analyse the electronic educational resources and describe the process of implementing online games in future managers' training. Method. The survey on the use of electronic resources in the learning process is conducted among 50 Master students who study full-time and part-time to gain the speciality "Management". Online courses and tests developed with the help of electronic resources are the most popular among the students, while WebQuest, quizzes and online games are used only by a small number of respondents. The survey shows that the use of electronic resources is insufficient in future managers' training. Findings. Within the course "Information Systems and Technologies in Management of Organisation" an interactive online game on online platform Goosechase was developed. This resource can give the opportunity to fulfil assignments in the course by displaying photos and video materials, which contribute to involving participants into а team game and developing future managers' key competences in the course. Implications for research and practice. The results of this study allow to conclude that training of students is successful if an online game is used which can be adapted for various specialities and courses.

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Influence of online computer games on the academic achievement of nontraditional undergraduate students

Cited by 48 publications

References 32 publications

Simulation-based education involving online and on-campus models in different European universities

Simulation-based education involving online and on-campus models in different European universities

Strategies for sustaining and enhancing nursing students’ engagement in academic and clinical settings: a narrative review

Educational Technologies in Training Future Managers

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