A case study of developing game edutainment

Phunsa, Suwichai; Tirakoat, Suwich

doi:10.1145/1413634.1413650

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“…The second type does not require learners to participate, but only listening to or watching, for example, watching movies, visiting museums or zoo, etc. Generally edutainment is widely found in different forms of medias, such as computer games, Internet / website, digital television [6,7], etc. Because these activities are fun and they can create motivation in learning more than the traditional approach [1,6,8], most elementary schools around the world offer the curriculums that is divided into subject matters which must be appropriate for student's level into different kinds of learning activities and medias.…”

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“…Generally edutainment is widely found in different forms of medias, such as computer games, Internet / website, digital television [6,7], etc. Because these activities are fun and they can create motivation in learning more than the traditional approach [1,6,8], most elementary schools around the world offer the curriculums that is divided into subject matters which must be appropriate for student's level into different kinds of learning activities and medias. From the observation in the classroom, it has found that content in some lessons are difficult to explain to students.…”

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Collaborative Educational Game for Thai Primary School Students

Gasonpan¹,

Temdee²

2010

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English language, Mathematics and Science for life are mandatory subjects for Thai students to finish their primary school studies. Regarding the unsatisfied result of the annual assessment, there are many students fail those subjects every year. This paper thus proposes the educational computer game to enhance learning of English language, Mathematics and Sciences subjects. The proposed game employs the concept of collaborative learning integrated into the game to promote the better understanding of contents and the familiarization of team work experience, while the players are still filled with the joy and the challenge. The proposed game is designed as a multi-players online game. All players compete among each other to be a leader and conduct the game along with help from team members to achieve the goal. The developed game is evaluated with 2 aspects including the learning efficiency and the satisfaction of students. The empirical study is conducted with 100 students from 3 different primary schools in Chiang Rai, Thailand. These students are divided into 2 groups including the group playing game individually and collaboratively respectively. The first group has 25 students while the second group has 15 groups with 5 students per each. The results reveal that, the students playing game collaboratively can achieve higher learning efficiency than the students playing game individually. Moreover, the collaborative game obtains Good satisfaction level by the students.

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Collaborative Educational Game for Thai Primary School Students

Gasonpan¹,

Temdee²

2010

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“…Indeed, more and more studies report promising results on combining enjoyment, virtuality and learning (e.g. Kam et al, 2008;Phunsa & Tirakoat, 2008) or on the constitution of mutual knowledge through the collective actions emerging in the Internet (e.g. Lévy, 1997;Zhao, 2007).…”

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The constitution of collective memory in massive multiplayer on-line game virtual communities

Papargyris¹,

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Theoretical, methodological and practical implications of this research205 FORWARD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSMy PhD research lasted for almost eight years. Now that I take a closer look of the entire process back in time, I realise that I came a long trip. Starting from Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, my inquiry progressively focused on collective memory quite naturally. And right now I could claim that my research can promisingly point back to these initial topics. Nevertheless, if I had to state the biggest contribution of my study, that would be a personal accomplishment and enjoyment: that in this period of eight years, although the PhD was a part-time activity, I had the change to legitimate the spending of that extent period of time on reading, thinking and writing on topics that reflect my deeper intellectual problematizations and anxieties. This was a crusial learning period. And if there is a single quote that characterises and describes my PhD research that would be the following one taken from the Swift's Gulliver's Travels:"I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir: for as I happened to lie on my back, I found my arms and legs were strongly fastened on each side to the ground; and my hair, which was long and thick, tied down I the same manner. I likewise felt several slender ligatures across my body, from my armpits to my thighs. I could only look upwards, the sun began to grow hot, and the light offended mine eyes. I heard a confused noise about me, but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the sky." Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part 1, Ch. 1 The above quote can sustain different interpretations but only the people that stayed close to me in my 'travel' can appreciate its 'true' meaning that reflects my PhD experience. And I refer to my beloved wife Antonia Kyriakopoulou. Her unreserved love, patience, forbearance and support during all these years were invaluable.I also want to express my deepest love and thanks to my family: my parents Achilleas and Katerina, my sister Effie and brother Chris. I owe my love and gratitude to them for the financial and emotional support during my studies. From 1995 that I begun my undergraduate course, my family's support was the determinant of my success in completing my studies with this PhD. My warmest thanks also go to my wife's family for their support and welcomeness.I should also acknowledge that this research would never have been possible without the help of many colleagues and friends who shared their ideas with me and gave me their time and comments.

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