Problems and Programmers: an educational software engineering card game

Baker, Alex; Navarro, Emily Oh; Hoek, André van der

doi:10.1109/icse.2003.1201245

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“…[3,14,13], but we believe that this area needs to be explored more extensively. The research within this domain mainly focuses on two main areas: development of new game concepts and game technologies for higher education, and evaluation of these concepts and technologies.…”

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An Evaluation of a Mobile Game Concept for Lectures

Wang

fsdahl²,

Mørch-Storstein

2008

2008 21st Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training

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This paper describes an evaluation of a new game concept, Lecture Quiz, which can be used in lectures in higher education to promote strong student participation and variation in how lectures are taught. The lecture game uses the equipment and infrastructure already available in lecture halls like the teacher's portable PC, a large screen and a video projector, network connections, and the students' mobile phones. The main game runs on the teacher's portable PC projected on a large screen, whereas the students will interact with the game using their own mobile phones. Lecture Quiz is a multiplayer quiz game, which offers a variation in game modes where unlimited number of players can play simultaneously. Games like Lecture Quiz are most useful for testing and rehearsing theory. As a bonus, the teacher will get quantitative data on how much of the theory the students actually have learned.The evaluation of Lecture Quiz was performed in a software architecture lecture where twenty students first played the game and then were asked to fill in an evaluation form. The focus of the evaluation was on usability of the system and the perceived usefulness of using Lecture Quiz in lectures. The results of the evaluation show that Lecture Quiz was easy to use and that it contributed to increased learning. Further, Lecture Quiz was perceived as entertaining, and half of the students claimed they would attend more lectures if such systems were used regularly.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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An Evaluation of a Mobile Game Concept for Lectures

Wang

fsdahl²,

Mørch-Storstein

2008

2008 21st Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training

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“…Each question's score contribution is a number in the range 0 to 4. There are totally 10 questions, for odd-numbered questions (1,3,5,7,9), the score contribution is given by the scale position minus 1. For even-numbered questions (2,4,6,8,10), the score contribution is 5 minus the scale position.…”

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“…[1,2,3], but we believe there is an untapped potential that needs to be explored due to development of new technologies. After some commercial SDKs have come out in recent years, such as XNA [6], iPhone SDK [19] or Android [20], we had considered how to use new technology and devices in the higher education to enrich the learning environment.…”

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XQUEST used in software architecture education

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Wang

et al. 2009

2009 International IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's Games Innovations Conference

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Abstract-This paper describes motivation and application of a Microsoft XNA extended library-XQUEST (XNA QUick & Easy Starter Template) in a software architecture course, and further presents the evaluation of how well the XQUEST was to use in a software architecture course. XQUEST was designed and implemented to save students' time in project development with flexible components. The evaluation was based on research methods and questionnaires from the students in the software architecture course. Finally, the questionnaires results were analyzed in three aspects: suitability, usefulness and usability. In many aspects, the results show that XQUEST enhances XNA in suitability as a teaching aid in software engineering learning, and that it can be a useful and helpful extension to understand XNA. The results also show that XQUEST is easy to use and save students time in development, thus giving students more time to focus on the practice of course theory.

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“…However, some authors like Baker et al (2003) and Moseley (2011) suggested that, for those lecturers eager to implement their innovative ideas, a great alternative could be going back to traditional games. Board games is an excellent option since it only involves the ability of producing the components related to the game being developed but technical skills are not needed.…”

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Game boards as a review tool: an experience with undergraduate engineering students

Usach

Guerrero

Figueirido

2015

HEAd'15. Conference on Higher Education Advances

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Abstract:The use of games with educational purposes has a lot of benefits since it creates attractive scenarios for learning combining different techniques like rewards, competitions or challenges. Computer games as a teaching instrument have been very popular among educators in the last years. However, some difficulties may arise to find the appropriate game given the specific aims of each subject which is more remarkable in higher education. Besides, the current reduced education budgets have led lecturers to search for alternatives. Game boards can be a good option since they have a low cost and can be easily customized. In the present work, an experiment carried out with undergraduate students of mechanical engineering at the Universitat Jaume I (Castelló de la Plana, Spain) is described. A questions game board created by the students was used as a review tool. During the course, the students proposed questions to be incorporated to the game working in groups. In the last session it was used in an organized competition among the students. Working in groups enhances communication and collaboration whereas using the elaborated game as a review tool help to summarize and reinforce essential concepts. In general, students were very interested and motivated to acquire new knowledge.

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Problems and Programmers: an educational software engineering card game

Cited by 50 publications

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An Evaluation of a Mobile Game Concept for Lectures

An Evaluation of a Mobile Game Concept for Lectures

XQUEST used in software architecture education

Game boards as a review tool: an experience with undergraduate engineering students

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