LEGO® Serious Play in Software Engineering Education

López-Fernández, Daniel; Gordillo, Aldo; Ortega, Fernando; Yagüe, Agustín; Tovar, Edmundo

doi:10.1109/access.2021.3095552

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“…The conclusion of these contributions is that this learning methodology is useful to learn specific competences about software engineering, develop soft skills, and improve students' motivation. In the same vein, some authors of the present contribution reported in [36] another LEGO Serious play which proved to be highly appealing and motivating from the students' perspective and effective to learn about software life-cycle models and software development activities.…”

Section: Lego Serious Playmentioning

confidence: 67%

Examining and Comparing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Serious Games and LEGO Serious Play for Learning Scrum

Gordillo,

López-Fernández,

Mayor

2024

Applied Sciences

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Significant research work has been undertaken related to the game-based learning approach over the last years. However, a closer look at this work reveals that further research is needed to examine some types of game-based learning approaches such as virtual reality serious games and LEGO Serious Play. This article examines and compares the effectiveness for learning Scrum and related agile practices of a serious game based on virtual reality and a learning activity based on the LEGO Serious Play methodology. The presented study used a quasi-experimental design with two groups, pre- and post-tests, and a perceptions questionnaire. The sample was composed of 59 software engineering students, 22 of which belonged to group A, while the other 37 were part of group B. The students in group A played the virtual reality serious game, whereas the students in group B conducted the LEGO Serious Play activity. The results show that both game-based learning approaches were effective for learning Scrum and related agile practices in terms of learning performance and motivation, but they also show that the students who played the virtual reality serious game outperformed their peers from the other group in terms of learning performance.

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Section: Lego Serious Playmentioning

confidence: 67%

Examining and Comparing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Serious Games and LEGO Serious Play for Learning Scrum

Gordillo,

López-Fernández,

Mayor

2024

Applied Sciences

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“…Lego bricks are used for design and creative thinking simply as a tool [13] or as part of the company's self-developed approach Lego Serious Play [20] where studies have shown positive effects on flow experience [32] and solving realworld challenges [18]. Other scholars identified the brick's power to aid non-designers in sketching and to generate more original ideas [45] or to use Lego Serious Play beneficially for teaching software engineering in a playful and active way [46].…”

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An Electronic Engineering Approach for Turning a Lego Brick Piano into a Musical Instrument

Hödl

2024

IEEE Access

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We demonstrate and reflect on a rebuilding and electronic engineering approach to augment and electrify a Lego brick model. Concretely, we turn the not musically playable Lego Grand Piano into a functioning musical instrument as a MIDI keyboard with 25 keys and a sustain pedal. Our proposed solution is unobtrusive, flexible, and reversible. We only use off-the-shelf components and instead of soldering we take advantage of the bricks' interlocking mechanism together with wires and self-adhesive copper tape, which also keeps the costs and required skills for our approach low. Two live performances evidenced by videos showed the practical and musical applicability. We created and reflected on an extensive step-by-step documentation of the whole transformation process which we offer for potential reuse purposes. Overall, our approach to electrify a brick-built model and turning it into an interactive musical interface was successful, insightful and has the potential to be expanded, but needs further elaboration with other brick-built models and for different application purposes than musical instruments. Thus, we explicitly invite researchers, designers, engineers, tinkerers, and makers who engage themselves in electrified and interactive brick-built models to get inspired by our approach, replicate, and advance it.

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“…Virtual learning environments can take many forms, but they all have the features in common (Ala-Mutka, 2008;Lopez-Fernandez et al, 2021;Redecker et al, 2011;Smyrnova & Zegzu, 2021). Virtual learning environments as personal digital environments.…”

Section: New Virtual Learning Environment Modelling Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transformation of Education Policy Strategies and the Management of Virtual Learning Environment During Covid-19

Kovaitė

Neifartas

Butvilas

2022

12th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2022”

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The paper examines the modelling dimensions of the virtual teaching/learning environment and its practice aiming to reflect in the changing environment. The aim of the research is to reveal the process of modelling the virtual learning environment by analysing the policy of the learning environment changes and how is reflected in the educa-tion and economic development policies. Focus groups and interviews are used as qualitative research methods. The results of this research make an input for both academic and practice areas of education management, social-learning innovations, and human resources development. Findings particularly show the nature of learning that becomes more learner-centred; learning opportunities meet the individual needs; innovative educational concepts will be implement-ed through experiential or inclusive learning and social-cognitive processes will meet the needs of economic change. The suggestions to be used by the economic development and education policymakers and practitioners, and focus on enabling the learning environments to adapt to the labour market and business development.

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LEGO® Serious Play in Software Engineering Education

Cited by 16 publications

References 34 publications

Examining and Comparing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Serious Games and LEGO Serious Play for Learning Scrum

Examining and Comparing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Serious Games and LEGO Serious Play for Learning Scrum

An Electronic Engineering Approach for Turning a Lego Brick Piano into a Musical Instrument

Transformation of Education Policy Strategies and the Management of Virtual Learning Environment During Covid-19

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