Transforming the classrooms: innovative digital game-based learning designs and applications

Chen, Nian-Shing; Hwang, Gwo‐Jen

doi:10.1007/s11423-014-9332-y

Cited by 41 publications

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“…On the contrary, the control group did not have such a supporting mechanism, and this could be why the indirect effects of perceived ease of use on the behavioural intention of this group were not as significant as that in the experimental one. This finding is consistent with those by Chen and Hwang (2014) and Hwang et al (2014) who confirmed that the adoption of learning strategies in educational computer games may not only improve students' learning effectiveness but also reinforce their learning motivation. This research revealed that the introduction of an appropriate learning strategy, such as a scaffolding strategy, to an educational computer game may positively influence students' intention of using the game, because the strategy makes the game easier to play and therefore exerts a positive influence on students' perceived usefulness of the game, attitude towards using the game, and delight in playing the game.…”

Section: Structural Modelsupporting

confidence: 92%

Exploring students’ acceptance of educational computer games from the perspective of learning strategy

Huang

2019

AJET

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Educational computer games have been widely employed to facilitate students’ learning. Studies have pointed out that these games may improve students’ learning effectiveness when they are equipped with appropriate learning strategies. However, the role of learning strategies in students’ acceptance of educational computer games has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Hence, this research proposed two learning scenarios to address this question. Students in the first scenario were offered an educational computer game with a learning strategy, while those in the second were offered the same game without the strategy. A quasi-experimental design with a research model was constructed to examine the role of learning strategies in students’ acceptance of the given game. In this study, 65 students participated in the two learning scenarios. Two research findings are presented: (1) the adoption of the learning strategy not only affected students’ acceptance of the game, but also made their perceived ease of use significantly influence their perceived enjoyment, perceived usefulness, and attitude towards using; (2) with or without the learning strategy, perceived enjoyment was the most important factor that affected students’ acceptance of the game, while perceived usefulness, attitude towards using, and perceived control exerted no influence on this issue.

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Section: Structural Modelsupporting

confidence: 92%

Exploring students’ acceptance of educational computer games from the perspective of learning strategy

Huang

2019

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“…In this way we want to produce a dynamic relationship among what we define as fluid contents (the database created by the students, that varies depending on the sensitiveness, the experience and the personality of the ones who produced them) in comparison to the didactically consolidated contents produced by the teacher (types of notions such as historical, sociological, political, geographical types, statistic data etc.) [21].…”

Section: How the App Work: Functional Workflowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forming Conscious Consumption: Visual Memories from the 1950s Up to Date in the Multimedia Representation of the VISOSMappING Platform

Nicastro

Oliviero

Puma

2017

Proceedings of the International and Interdisciplinary Conference IMMAGINI? Brixen, Italy, 27–28 November 2017.

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Abstract:The project VISOSMappING comes from a collaboration based on the sharing of different academic knowledges and is aimed at the development of an educational digital platform dedicated to sustainability, understood broadly: from the traditional meaning about the environmental notion to a transversal educational approach where "sustainability" becomes the imprint of all forms of men's relationship with oneself, others, and with ideas, things, and events. For this aim, the educational app VISOSMappING, a working progress platform, has been conceived to allow virtually the memory and places of consumption that have taken place since the beginnings of the affluent society in Italy up to date.

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“…Game‐based learning has been recognized as an effective motivator to promote students’ control of their learning and as an important factor in improving students’ performance (Chen and Hwang ). Educational computer games have been developed for many subjects including mathematics (Hung and others ), natural science (Hwang and others ), social science (Hung and others ), and engineering (Cagiltay ).…”

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“…Direct inquiries to author Crandall (Email: crandal@uark.edu). and Hwang 2014). Educational computer games have been developed for many subjects including mathematics (Hung and others 2012b), natural science (Hwang and others 2012), social science (Hung and others 2012a), and engineering (Cagiltay 2007).…”

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Development of an Augmented Reality Game to Teach Abstract Concepts in Food Chemistry

Crandall

Engler

Beck

et al. 2015

J of Food Science Edu

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One of the most pressing issues for many land grant institutions is the ever increasing cost to build and operate wet chemistry laboratories. A partial solution is to develop computer‐based teaching modules that take advantage of animation, web‐based or off‐campus learning experiences directed at engaging students’ creative experiences. We used the learning objectives of one of the most difficult topics in food chemistry, enzyme kinetics, to test this concept. Students are apprehensive of this subject and often criticize the staid instructional methods typically used in teaching this material. As a result, students do not acquire a useful background in this important subject. To rectify these issues, we developed an interactive augmented reality application to teach the basic concepts of enzyme kinetics in the context of an interactive search that took students to several locations on campus where they were able to gather raw materials and view videos that taught the basics of enzyme kinetics as applied to the production of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). The students needed this background to prepare for a mock interview with an HFCS manufacturer. Students and instructors alike found the game to be preferable to sitting in a classroom listening to, or giving, a PowerPoint presentation. We feel that this use of gaming technology to teach difficult, abstract concepts may be a breakthrough in food science education and help alleviate the drain on administrative budgets from multiple wet labs.

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Transforming the classrooms: innovative digital game-based learning designs and applications

Cited by 41 publications

References 13 publications

Exploring students’ acceptance of educational computer games from the perspective of learning strategy

Exploring students’ acceptance of educational computer games from the perspective of learning strategy

Forming Conscious Consumption: Visual Memories from the 1950s Up to Date in the Multimedia Representation of the VISOSMappING Platform

Development of an Augmented Reality Game to Teach Abstract Concepts in Food Chemistry

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