Breaking Out While Staying In

Baroody, Katelyn

doi:10.33011/newlibs/11/8

JoNL

2022

DOI: 10.33011/newlibs/11/8

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Breaking Out While Staying In

Katelyn Baroody

Abstract: This column explores the library community’s increased use of virtual escape rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic. These activities are appealing because of their low cost, adaptability, and potential to engage patrons across demographics. The author describes her experience planning and executing a virtual escape room for undergraduate library orientation, and discusses the future of library escape rooms beyond the pandemic era.

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Design and evaluation of a new consolidation exercise for students studying cardiac physiology: a digital escape room

Horn

2023

Advances in Physiology Education

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The current student body will, by and large, seek online resources to supplement their learning. However, resources that are freely available online vary in accuracy and quality, and the vast majority rely on passive learning. Therefore, there is a need for interactive physiology teaching resources that facilitate application of knowledge, that can be accessed by students in their own time. The aim of this study was to design a digital escape room on the topic of cardiac arrhythmias and evaluate this resource as a consolidation exercise to support learning and enjoyment of physiology. The digital escape room was designed as a series of interactive puzzles and created using a website page builder on a freely accessible WordPress site. To facilitate engagement, the escape room incorporated a countdown timer. Second year medical students were invited to play the digital escape room remotely as a group exercise following delivery of the relevant teaching. Evaluation of the resource took place quantitatively using Google Analytics and Tag Manager software, and qualitatively using a questionnaire (Microsoft Forms). Quantitative evaluation suggested that the puzzles were created across a range of difficulties, but that most groups were able to complete the exercise and remained engaged throughout. Student feedback suggests that the format of the resource was rated positively, and most participants felt that the game helped to consolidate and apply their knowledge of cardiovascular physiology. Future studies will focus on examining whether the cardiovascular-themed digital escape room improves knowledge attainment amongst students studying physiology in higher education.

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Design and evaluation of a new consolidation exercise for students studying cardiac physiology: a digital escape room

Horn

2023

Advances in Physiology Education

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Exploring the role of games and gamification in academic libraries from the perspective of LIS educators

Jug¹

2023

EFI

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In the library environment, games and gamification can be used to improve various services and activities. Although many successful gamification projects have already been implemented, some librarians still lack knowledge and are sceptical about the use of games in libraries. This is also the case in Slovenia, where library gamification projects are rarely formalised and publicised. Moreover, not much is known about whether Slovenian librarians obtain any knowledge about these approaches during their formal education. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with ten main compulsory course holders at the Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. The main objective of the study, which was carried out in January 2021, was to investigate the attitudes of Slovenian Library and Information Science (LIS) educators towards the inclusion of games and gamification in their courses and in academic library services. The result showed that they rarely cover games and gamification-related topics in their lectures, nor do they use them for knowledge transfer. They especially see the potential to design games and gamification activities that would promote departmental library, its services and activities, motivate students for independent research and support the educational process.

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Breaking Out While Staying In

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Design and evaluation of a new consolidation exercise for students studying cardiac physiology: a digital escape room

Design and evaluation of a new consolidation exercise for students studying cardiac physiology: a digital escape room

Exploring the role of games and gamification in academic libraries from the perspective of LIS educators

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