The Pedagogical Potential of MMOG

Gomes, Teresa; Carvalho, Ana Amélia Amorim

doi:10.4018/978-1-60960-569-8.ch007

Computer Games as Educational and Management Tools 2011

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-569-8.ch007

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The Pedagogical Potential of MMOG

Teresa Gomes

Ana Amélia Amorim Carvalho

Abstract: The results showed that all of the four analyzed games are motivating for the players, they have some pedagogical potential related to problem solving, and they improve communication and interaction skills. But the majority of the players felt some difficulties in accepting that they could transfer those developed skills to their scholar or professional life.

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Long-term evidence on cooperation and cultural differences in public goods dilemmas

Frey

2019

Biol. Lett.

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It is hard to isolate human cooperation features outside the prevalent experimental laboratory context in a controlled setting. Since cooperation rates are very context-sensitive, a new setting—a public goods game in an online game—is analysed. This unique dataset addresses multiple critical issues: it is more realistic, individuals have an intrinsic motivation to play, there are no observer effects, and data are available for more than 18 000 individuals playing over 10 months. Participants come from 10 countries, which allows us to test for cultural influences on cooperation. We find small differences in cooperation rates between countries, ranging from 8.5% (Argentina) to 14.1% (Greece). Moreover, cooperation remains stable over long periods of time. Different cultural, economic and religious backgrounds do not seem to have a discernible influence on cooperation rates. Instead, individual differences seem to play a larger role. Finally, cooperation levels may be lower than suggested by experiments from the classical laboratory context.

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Long-term evidence on cooperation and cultural differences in public goods dilemmas

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2019

Biol. Lett.

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