A scoping review of research on digital game-based language learning

Hung, Hsiu Ting; Yang, Jie Chi; Hwang, Gwo Jen; Chu, Hui‐Chun; Wang, Chun Chieh

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2018.07.001

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“…A keyword-based search focused on "systematic review" OR "meta analysis" OR "literature review" AND "educational technology", conducted in April 2019, yielded a small number of studies that addressed the specific context of English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL), as a discipline within arts and humanities (A&H) (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics [UNESCO] Institute for Statistics, 2015). However, the focus of three meta-analyses identified was not on the greater concept of student engagement, but rather primarily on achievement (Chang & Lin, 2013;Chiu, Kao, & Reynolds, 2012;Cho, Lee, Joo, & Becker, 2018), whilst other reviews found blended learning in ESL/EFL to be one way to enhance motivation (Albiladi & Alshareef, 2019), and another reviewed how language learning, mediated through digital games, influenced student learning outcomes on different levels (Hung, Yang, Hwang, Chu, & Wang, 2018). Therefore, in order to gain a broader overview, and to deepen insights into technology use within the field of A&H, the following research questions guide this analysis:…”

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Facilitating student engagement through educational technology in higher education: A systematic review in the field of arts and humanities

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Bond

Buntins

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Understanding how educational technology can enhance student engagement is becoming increasingly necessary in higher education, and particularly so in arts and humanities, given the communicative nature of courses. This narrative systematic review synthesises 42 peer-reviewed arts and humanities articles published between 2007-2016, indexed in four international databases. The results indicate that the majority of research has been undertaken in language learning, predominantly in East Asian countries, with limited grounding of research in theory. This review found that educational technology supports student engagement, with behavioural engagement by far the most prevalent dimension. Affective engagement was the lowest observed dimension, with affective disengagement the most prevalent negative dimension. Blogs, mobile learning, and assessment tools were the most effective at promoting engagement. However, caution and education in how to use technology are needed, as any use not underpinned by effective and informed pedagogy can also lead to students feeling overwhelmed and disengaging from learning. Further research is needed on online collaboration, as well as international courses that offer cross-cultural opportunities for language use, and the increased use of qualitative methods is also advised.

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Facilitating student engagement through educational technology in higher education: A systematic review in the field of arts and humanities

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Buntins

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“…Game-based learning is currently one of the most popular topics within the digital learning field. Hung et al [14] provided a scoping overview of empirical evidence on the use and impacts of digital games in language education from 2007 to 2016. In this research, a total of 50 selected studies were systematically analyzed, and two of the revealing findings are: most of the games for language learning were custom-built by the researchers; and personal computers were the most common platforms for playing games to support language learning.…”

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Development of a Kinect-Based English Learning System Based on Integrating the ARCS Model with Situated Learning

Chang

Lin

2020

Sustainability

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This study developed a Kinect-based somatosensory English learning system. The main design concept was to integrate Kinect as an interaction technique with theories of situated learning and the attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction (ARCS) model, to design relevant learning activities and materials, thereby enhancing students’ learning outcomes. The proposed system allows for planning and designing learning activities and content according to situated learning components and the ARCS model. The somatosensory interaction system Kinect was used to provide users with a virtual learning environment to achieve actual spatial and physical experiences, assisting learners’ engagement in stories and scenarios as well as enhancing their motivation to learn. English vocabulary related to supermarkets was set as the learning objective and 70 students ranging from third to sixth grade at a learning center in Tainan, Taiwan were selected as participants. During the experiment, participants were divided into two groups: the experimental group, which employed the proposed learning system, and the control group, in which students learned using printed materials coupled with mobile devices. Pre- and posttest scores of the two groups were used to assess learning outcomes and analyze the ARCS model-based questionnaire. The results revealed that the proposed system effectively improved learners’ motivation to learn and learning outcomes.

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“…(Gutierrez-Castillo, Puig, and Romero, 2018) Within the games-based learning (GBL), the most recurrent areas are mathematics, health, science and languages. The latter, recently explored in platform games, with computers being its main instrument (Hung et al, 2018). The setback that can arise is the access or knowledge about technologies, which translates into a barrier especially in rural sectors where digital gaps are greater.…”

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Kimun Platform: Web Tool as a Pedagogical Resource for Teaching and Learning Mapuzugun

Lévano¹,

Marro²,

Hernández³

2019

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Educational Technologies 2019

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In this article we present a knowledge management platform called Kim un (which means knowledge in Mapuzugun) as a technological web resource for teaching and learning Mapuzugun language. We discuss how we can generate a richness in multicultural education and diminish the otherness between different cultural groups in a society of XXI century towards a change of knowing and understanding, towards a cultural development for an e-society world. Today Mapuche language is going through difficult times, it's struggling for not ceasing to exist. As we know, the language is one of the patrimonies that defines a people identity, if the language dies, then the people and all their worldview disappears. Currently, Mapuche children are not learning Mapuzugun as their mother tongue for a variety of reasons. This situation further aggravates the problem of maintaining the Mapuche language and, with it, all the cultural richness of this ethnic group. Due to this complex scenario is that the government has implemented laws that allow a revitalization of this language, including teaching in those schools that have a high density of Mapuche students. The objective of this work is to bring together actors such as teachers, non-Mapuche and Mapuche students, researchers, Mapuche and native speakers to put the pedagogical resource for the teaching and learning of the Mapuche language as a multicultural tool as technological linguistic tools which are transversal to the disciplines of nowdays. The advances of this work are the base to create a platform focused on orienting a framework in the creation of learning virtual objects (OVAs in spanish).

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A scoping review of research on digital game-based language learning

Cited by 220 publications

References 60 publications

Facilitating student engagement through educational technology in higher education: A systematic review in the field of arts and humanities

Facilitating student engagement through educational technology in higher education: A systematic review in the field of arts and humanities

Development of a Kinect-Based English Learning System Based on Integrating the ARCS Model with Situated Learning

Kimun Platform: Web Tool as a Pedagogical Resource for Teaching and Learning Mapuzugun

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