Playful learning in academic software engineering education

Soska, Alexander; Mottok, Jürgen; Wolff, Christian

doi:10.1109/educon.2015.7095992

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“…When looking at the possible advantages of game-based learning, the characteristics that stand out most are a high grade of intrinsic motivation for the learner, and the stimulation of strategic thinking and decision-making [24]. In software engineering, game-based learning can improve core generic competences like the ability to work in a team or to communicate [41]. Another benefit is the increasing of self-efficacy in handling unclear situations [27] regarded as one, if not the most important trait in human interaction with IT security [34].…”

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“…[49]. Collaborative game-based training approaches are seen to be particularly effective because they can strengthen individuals' socio-communicative competences as well as increase knowledge [41]. Playing games to learn about a specific topic -such as security -requires participants to actively communicate about the topic in the game session.…”

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Putting Security on the Table: The Digitalisation of Security Tabletop Games and its Challenging Aftertaste

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Schops

Sayin

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2022 IEEE/ACM 44th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training (ICSE-SEET)

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IT-Security Tabletop Games for developers have been available in analog format; with the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in collaborative remote security games has increased. In this paper, we propose a methodology to evaluate the impact of a (remote) security gamebased intervention on developers. The study design consists of the respective intervention, three questionnaires, and a small open interview guide for a focus group. A validated self-efficacy scale is used as a proxy for measuring effects on participants' ability to develop secure software. We tested this design with 9 participants (expert and novice developers and security experts) as part of a small feasibility study to understand the challenges and limitations of remote tabletop games. We describe how we selected and digitized three security tablet-top games, and report our qualitative findings from our evaluation. Setting up and running the virtual tabletop games turned out to be more challenging and complex for both moderator and participants then we expected. Completing the games required patience and persistence, and social interaction was limited. Our findings can be helpful in building and evaluating a better, more comprehensive, technically sound and issue-specific game-based training measure for developers. The methodology can be used by researchers to evaluate existing and new game designs, and identify improvements. CCS CONCEPTS• Social and professional topics → Computing education; • Security and privacy → Software security engineering.

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confidence: 99%