Game Learning Analytics for Educators

Abstract

Serious games have proven several advantages when used in education improving students learning. However, games are still complex to deploy in the class for average teachers. Many teachers still do not see games as a powerful tool to improve their teaching work. To this end, it is essential to humanize the game technology making the use of games more transparent to teachers in a way that they get the benefits and avoid most of the game deployment complexity. We consider that Game Learning Analytics is one of the keys to help teachers in the application of serious games in the classrooms. Game Learning Analytics allows to capture data from students' interactions with games and derive information that simplify teachers' tasks. Doing it in a transparent way within the game environment (i.e. stealth assessment) can provide evidence-based data about the learners' knowledge at each point of time. Combining both game learning analytics in near real-time and offline, and stealth assessment for games, it could be possible to leverage their use in classroom settings at real-time making their use easier for teachers.

Serious video games in engineering education: A scoping review

“…In this sense, the importance is seen of having more studies on the methodologies that can help develop effective educational games on specific topics. Also worthy of mention are applications like Learning Analytics (LA), which are useful for analyzing and interpreting players' results (Alonso-Fernandez et al, 2017;Perez-Colado et al, 2018a;Morata et al, 2019).…”

Learning analytics for children’s using augmented reality games

“…Predictable variables include, for example, the player's input to various activities and the time at which the player will stop playing (Niemelä et al, 2020). Combining both near real-time and offline game LA, as well as stealth assessment for games, it may be feasible to leverage their use in classroom settings in real-time, making their use easier for teachers (Ashmawy et al, 2019). Figure 1 illustrates one approach to implementing LA for children using AR games.…”