Integrating Serious Games as Learning Resources in a Software Project Management Course: The Case of ProDec

Calderón, Alejandro; Ruiz, Mercedes; Orta, Elena

doi:10.1109/secm.2017.3

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“…Based on the concept of Serious Games purpose, almost all researchers agree that Edu games fall into this criterion https://doi.org/10.6703/IJASE.202109_18(5).017 4 (Calderón et al, 2017;Drosos et al, 2018;Vlachopoulos and Makri, 2017). The Serious Games with their concept of combining five components consisting of Rules, Input methods, Spacer-related setup, Time-related setup, Dramarelated is apart from their purpose and scope of the game series itself.…”

Section: Criteria Serious Gamementioning

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“…Even so, it can still be categorized as a Serious Game if the main goal is more than the fun side. Most game designers and researchers agree edutainment game is a serious part of gaming (Sawyer and Smith, 2008;Calderón et al, 2017;De Gloria et al, 2014;Droso s et al, 2018;Nima et al, 2019;Rankin et al, 2008;Ratan and Ritterfeld, 2009;Vlachopoulos and Makri, 2017).…”

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A review of immersivity in serious game with the purpose of learning media

Adisusilo

Soebandhi

2021

Int. J. Appl. Sci. Eng.

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Serious Games that have a specific purpose other than being an interesting or fun medium for users. In the concept of learning, it is as if you are giving the learning process to students who do not realize that the primary purpose of Serious Games is to learn. Various studies prioritize the immersive side of Serious Games to optimize their use so that players can take advantage of the main objectives of Serious Games. There is a difference in understanding between fun and reality, where Serious Games' main goal requires a data approach. However, if enter accurate data too advanced to create a real situation, it can detract from the fun side of a serious game. This review paper discusses various research results that prioritize immersion in designing and developing Serious Games, ranging from various methodologies to the factors that affect the success rate of Serious Games.

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A review of immersivity in serious game with the purpose of learning media

Adisusilo

Soebandhi

2021

Int. J. Appl. Sci. Eng.

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“…Browsing the literature, it can be seen that an effort has already been made to produce serious games for learning about software engineering topics, focusing mainly on software project management (e.g., SimSE [16], SE RPG [17], PlayScrum [18], SESAM [19], AMEISE [20], Sim JavaSP [21], SimSoft [22], XMED [23], Problems and Programmers [24], DELIVER [25], ProDec [26]) and software testing (e.g., U-Test [27], iTest Learning [28], iLearnTest [29]). Nevertheless, these are, somewhat, isolated attempts to cope with the challenges behind teaching SE topics.…”

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Teaching Software Engineering Topics Through Pedagogical Game Design Patterns: An Empirical Study

2020

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Teaching software engineering in its many different forms using traditional teaching methods is difficult. Serious games can help overcome these challenges because they allow real situations to be simulated. However, the development of serious games is not easy and, although there are good practices for relating game design patterns to teaching techniques, there is no methodology to support its use in a specific context such as software engineering. This article presents a case study to validate a methodology that links the Learning and Teaching Functions (LTF) to the Game Design Patterns (PIB) in the context of Software Engineering Education. A serious game was developed from scratch using this methodology to teach software estimation (a specific topic of software engineering). An experiment was carried out to validate the effectiveness of the game by comparing the results of two different groups of students. The results indicate that the methodology can help to develop effective educational games on specific learning topics.

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“…For example, [50] analyzed the outcome of capstone projects for students. Around 6% of the papers were related to tools, involving serious gaming [59], course assessment [60], and global software engineering [61]. However, almost no publications were related to testbeds or ontologies.…”

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Industry Trends in Software Engineering Education: A Systematic Mapping Study

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Jaccheri

2019

2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion)

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Contemporary approaches and trends in software engineering courses have been continuously updated over the last four decades. Adaptation to industry needs is crucial for future educational purposes and vice versa. Tech startups have become a driving force in the economy and a major industry trend. The goal of this paper is first to critically assess how contemporary industry trends and in particular, tech startups have influenced the updating of software engineering curricula. The second goal is to evaluate the contribution of industry and in particular, tech startups, processes and models in present learning approaches. The third goal addresses how stakeholders have helped in the infusion of industry trends and in particular, in tech startup approaches in academia. This study is a systematic literature mapping. A total of 138 papers were selected based on education goals, research, and contribution type. Of the primary education topics, 78% were related to teaching strategies, 9% to globalization and training methods, and less than 5% to tech startup and industry innovation. Common stakeholders accounting for the change are students, researchers, and lecturers and project managers, product owners, customers, and clients from industry. This study showed that industrial models or methods involving Agile and Scrum have been widely adopted. Less investigated areas that have recently become common industry trends, such as tech startup models adopting lean methodology, require further attention and might create opportunities for updating the curricula. We discuss future model possibilities for exploiting tech startups as a means for renewing future capstone courses. Index Terms-software engineering courses, teaching approaches, mapping study, tech startups

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Integrating Serious Games as Learning Resources in a Software Project Management Course: The Case of ProDec

Cited by 22 publications

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A review of immersivity in serious game with the purpose of learning media

A review of immersivity in serious game with the purpose of learning media

Teaching Software Engineering Topics Through Pedagogical Game Design Patterns: An Empirical Study

Industry Trends in Software Engineering Education: A Systematic Mapping Study

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