The Application of Digital Game-Based Learning to Idioms Education Acceptance

Kuo, Sheng-Huang; Lou, Shi-Jer; Hsin, Tien-Hsin; Dzan, Wei-Yuan

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23456-9_78

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“…Table 1), the current body of literature seems to be scattered and amorphous. Especially noted is that the body of literature on games is dispersed into a wide variety of different types of games such as experimental educational games (Bourgonjon et al 2010;Kuo et al 2011), mobile social networking games (Wei & Lu 2014), and multi-million budget massively multiplayer online (MMO) games Wu & Holsapple 2014); and the bodies of literature on hedonic games and utilitarian games have thus far been disconnected. A large gap also exists between the purposes of games, i.e.…”

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Why do people play games? A meta-analysis

Hamari

Keronen

2017

International Journal of Information Management

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During the last decade games have arguably become the largest form of leisure information systems (IS). However, today games are also increasingly being employed for a variety of instrumental purposes. Although games have garnered a substantial amount of research attention during the last decade, research literature is scattered and there is still a lack of a clear and reliable understanding of why games are being used, and how they are placed in the established utilitarian-hedonic continuum of information systems. To address this gap, we conducted a meta-analysis of the quantitative body of literature that has examined the reasons for using games (48 studies). Additionally, we compared the findings across games that are intended for either leisure or instrumental use. Even though games are generally regarded as a pinnacle form of hedonically-oriented ISs, our results show that enjoyment and usefulness are equally important determinants for using them (though their definitive role varies between game types). Therefore, it can be posited that games are multipurpose ISs which nevertheless rely on hedonic factors, even in the pursuit of instrumental outcomes. The present study contributes to and advances our theoretical and empirical understanding of multipurpose ISs and the ways in which they are used.

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