Minecraft and machinima in action: development of creativity in the classroom

Checa-Romero, Mirian; Gómez, Isabel Pascual

doi:10.1080/1475939x.2018.1537933

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“…Likewise, playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 significantly increased middle school students’ systems thinking knowledge (Shah & Foster, 2014). Regarding the development of students’ creativity, Checa-Romero and Pascual Gómez (2018) found that students scored significantly higher on a creativity test after building the house of their dreams in Minecraft.…”

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Entertainment Video Games for Academic Learning: A Systematic Review

Martinez

Gimenes

Lambert

2022

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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Entertainment video games are very popular among young audiences. Nevertheless, despite their potential to improve cognitive functioning, they are still studied rarely as a tool for digital game-based learning. To better understand video gaming practices’ value in the classroom, this article provides a systematic review of literature on the effect of entertainment video games on academic learning. Our literature search yielded 49 relevant intervention studies published between 2005 and 2019 that integrated entertainment video games into academic curricula from preschool to college. Our review revealed that entertainment video games can be an effective educational tool and are beneficial in almost all academic disciplines, particularly in foreign language and science. However, research on entertainment video gaming’s effects on academic learning is still not extensive enough and remains mostly qualitative. Future studies need to provide a quantitative approach to complete and confirm already-existing literature, particularly in the environmental and social sciences, physical education, and programming. Given entertainment video games’ popularity and benefits on cognition and learning, it seems essential to investigate their practical value further in the education sector and to determine the mechanisms that mediate their effects on academic learning.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Entertainment Video Games for Academic Learning: A Systematic Review

Martinez

Gimenes

Lambert

2022

Journal of Educational Computing Research

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“…Minecraft and Digital Game-Based Learning for 21 st Century Competency Development DGBL has been said to support the development of 21 st century competencies in players, including critical thinking (Gentile et al, 2019;Hussein et al, 2019;Tung, 2019), collaboration and communication (Checa-Romero & Pascual Gómez, 2018;Hämäläinen & Oksanen, 2012;Leemkuil et al, 2003), and creativity and innovation (Hsiao et al, 2014;Ott & Pozzi, 2012). When it comes to digital games and 21 st century competencies, it is important to note that not all games are designed equal.…”

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Teaching with Sandbox Games: Minecraft, Game-Based Learning, and 21st Century Competencies

Hébert

Jenson

2021

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In this paper, we present the findings of a research study, working with 12 educators in a large urban school board in Ontario using Minecraft for 21st century competency development. We identify a number of pedagogical moves teachers made to support 21st century learning through communication and collaboration, both in the classroom and in the game world, and three approaches to play, directed/guided, scaffolded, and open, that represented a three tiers of critical thinking and creativity/innovation. We argue that while an open, exploratory sandbox game such as Minecraft can meaningfully aid students in the development of 21st century competencies, it is in fact teachers’ decisions around how the game will be used in the classroom that determine whether or not 21st century competency development is supported.

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“…By working in a virtual world as an avatar, students can communicate and interact with each other to solve real-life problems within a systemic approach. Additionally, making machinima develops learners' creativity, 68 creates a culture of cooperation, provides negotiation training, encourages mediation, and cultivates problem-solving skills. 69 Students also gain technical competence on how to produce a valuable resource for other learners.…”

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Improvement of a Sustainable World through the Application of Innovative Didactic Tools in Green Chemistry Teaching: A Review

2020

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This article aims to analyze the potential of new technologies in the area of green chemistry didactics. When viewed through the lens of systems thinking, the use of these ubiquitous tools can be a driving force for the development of a sustainable world because of their global use and reach. The authors concentrate on flat e-learning platforms, social media tools, virtual reality platforms, and machinima, as these tools enable learners to participate in different interdisciplinary topics and exercise habits that trigger behavioral changes through learning by doing or learning from mistakes. To demonstrate the potential of innovative didactic tools, examples of mini scenarios for the development of chemistry lessons are provided, and these scenarios promote the sustainability concept and systems thinking. The authors conclude that the pursuit of sustainability goals in chemistry education should involve extended thinking about instructional design and asymmetries in technology use, as well as incorporate green teaching into the principles of green chemistry.

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Minecraft and machinima in action: development of creativity in the classroom

Cited by 30 publications

References 23 publications

Entertainment Video Games for Academic Learning: A Systematic Review

Entertainment Video Games for Academic Learning: A Systematic Review

Teaching with Sandbox Games: Minecraft, Game-Based Learning, and 21st Century Competencies

Improvement of a Sustainable World through the Application of Innovative Didactic Tools in Green Chemistry Teaching: A Review

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