Video Games in Educational Settings: Developing Skills for New Media Learning

Varela, Ana Belén García; Castillo, Héctor Del; Blanco‐Herrero, David; Monjelat, Natalia; Checa, Mirian

doi:10.1002/9781118796443.ch18

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“…horse racing, baseball or dancing), corroborating our findings. Sports games create conditions that facilitate the identification with a group and a nation's culture (Varela et al, 2014), promoting positive attitudes such as a respect for the environment or collaboration with others. From a theoretical perspective, our findings support the assumption that a cultural context and exposure to certain game genres are relevant to understand the relationships among certain values and behavioural intentions of players.…”

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Esports and Olympic Games: a cross-cultural exploration of the player support behaviour towards the Olympics

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Calapez

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PurposeDespite the advances in theory and practice about player behaviour in esports gaming literature, there is a lack of understanding as to whether esports are compatible with the values of Olympism and if they should be considered for future Games editions. The current study advances this line of research by examining esports player experiences, their effects on perceiving Olympic values, and the support towards the Olympics in order to verify if differences occur according to the cross-cultural environment.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 671 esports amateur gamers from three countries (Portugal, Brazil and Japan), structural equation models and a multigroup analysis were performed to analyse the differences in the hypothesized paths existing between the groups.FindingsResults reveal that player in-game emotional experiences positively influence Olympic values perception across countries. The excellence and friendship values showed a positive effect on support intentions to the Games towards Portuguese and Brazilian players, while the respect value was the strongest predictor towards behavioural intentions in Japan. Cultural backgrounds and game genre in each country can explain player attitude towards the Olympic values shared on the online environment.Originality/valueThis study is able to provide a better understanding of how the Olympic values serve as a gratification in different cross-cultural environments according to the theory of uses and gratifications (U&G) and the theory of cultural dimensions. Complementarily, these findings can be used as valuable information for esports publishers and developers attempting to spread the Olympic values in the esports industry.

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Section: Theoretical Implicationsmentioning

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Esports and Olympic Games: a cross-cultural exploration of the player support behaviour towards the Olympics

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Almeida

Calapez

et al. 2023

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“…The gamified curriculum has been proven to provide a framework for a wide range of interventions, from promoting higher participation in class to monitoring students' improvement via self-assessment techniques (Buttner 2007, p. 10). In the hope to investigate the efficiency of game -based instruction, numerous researchers from different academic fields have paid attention to the impact of games on students' motivation and retention (Borit, Stangvaltaite-Mouhat 2020, Jabbar, Felicia 2015, Varela et al 2014. A wealth of projects documented Taiwanese students' vocabulary acquisition through a game-supported instruction, often finding a significant correlation of both (Chen et al 2019, Chou 2014, see also Wu et al 2020 for a wider Southeast Asian perspective) or appealing for more support in this matter (Liao 2004, p. 283).…”

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Games in foreign language classrooms: Taiwanese students’ perspective

Tsai

2021

KPC

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The study has been designed in order to answer the growing demand for systematic implementation of English language games into FL curriculum at the university level. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how Taiwan-based learners perceive the use of games in the classroom. The qualitative data has been obtained from in-depth interviews with three individuals majoring in EFL and Slavic languages. Among the main benefits of game-supported instruction, students mentioned breaking the routine and raising motivation, along with educational aspects related to introducing, reviewing, and testing the material. They also offered guidance for instructors who plan to deploy games in class. Their overall perception was very positive, which allows the conclusion that it is advisable to introduce games to a wider audience of Taiwanese students. If doing so really can raise motivation to master foreign languages and whether it will translate into measurable progress in Taiwanese students’ linguistic advancement is another issue worth future investigation.

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