Visualizing Medicine: Mapping Connections with Plague Inc. to Learn in the Interdisciplinary Classroom

Cheng, Sandra; Egues, Aida L.; Cohen-Brown, Gwen

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“…The public may acquire scientific knowledge through intuitive simulation games. In addition, students may also learn about and analyze pathogen transmission and disease symptoms through gameful experiences [22,23].…”

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How Gameful Experience Affects Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Among the Taiwanese Public: Cross-sectional Study

Peng¹,

Bai²

2021

JMIR Serious Games

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Background In 2019, with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the globe, public health systems worldwide faced severe challenges. Amid the pandemic, one simulation game, Plague Inc., has received substantial attention. This game has indirectly drawn greater public attention to public health issues by simulating pathogen transmission and disease symptoms. Objective Against this backdrop, this research investigates whether the gameful experience of Plague Inc. has indirectly affected public knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding COVID-19. Methods An online survey was conducted through social networking services in Taiwan from May 6-28, 2020. Results A total of 486 subjects participated in this study, of which 276 (56.8%) had played Plague Inc. This study had several findings. First, participants who had played Plague Inc. demonstrated higher levels of knowledge (P=.03, median 7, IQR 7-8) and attitudes (P=.007, median 8, IQR 7-8) than participants who had not played Plague Inc. (knowledge: median 7, IQR 6-8; attitude: median 7, IQR 6-8). Second, there was a significant correlation between creative thinking (ρ=.127, P=.04) and dominance (ρ=.122, P=.04) in attitude. Finally, there was a significant correlation between creative thinking (ρ=.126, P<.001) and dominance (ρ=.119, P=.049) in practice. Conclusions Serious games highlighting the theme of pathogen transmission may enhance public knowledge and attitudes regarding COVID-19. Furthermore, the creative thinking and dominance involved in gameful experiences may act as critical factors in public attitudes and practices regarding COVID-19. These findings should be further verified through experimental research in the future.

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How Gameful Experience Affects Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Among the Taiwanese Public: Cross-sectional Study

Peng¹,

Bai²

2021

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“…Nascimento et al (2020, p. 25926), em pesquisa realizada com o jogo digital Plague Inc., concluem que o uso do jogo "pode ter um papel positivo na construção de uma visão crítica sobre o que é a saúde pública e o significado e importância de aprender conceitos e fundamentos da epidemiologia". Algo similar foi identificado por Cheng et al (2018) ao utilizar o jogo com universitários em aulas de epidemiologia onde afirmam que a sua dinâmica auxiliou no entendimento dos alunos sobre causa e efeito no espaço-tempo dos sintomas e características dos organismos infecciosos, além de incentivar a compreensão dos dados e suas representações gráficas.…”

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Learning about pandemic: a study from the game Plague inc and its players

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Campos

Pimentel

2022

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The Covid-19 pandemic instigate researchers from around the world to seek educational alternatives with technologies, among them are digital games. This article is based on the theoretical assumptions that support the use of games as learning promoters and presents an exploratory and qualitative research, with the aim of analyzing the experiences, learning and meanings expressed by players in an online community about the game Plague inc. in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data collection was performed in an online community of players, and 545 game evaluations and contributions were performed spontaneously. The results of the analysis of the content of the collected data, coded in categories, indicate that the game has provided the development of new knowledge, reflections on the context of the pandemic, questioning about the scientific information conveyed in the game, besides promoting interaction in the midst of isolation. Thus, it is understood that playing experience allows to problematize reality and offers opportunities to signify experiences and knowledge.

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Aprendizagem de ciências no jogo digital Plague Inc: análise de conteúdo em uma comunidade de jogadores

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Ramos

Brito

2021

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O século XXI trouxe consigo discussões sobre o papel da educação frente a popularização das tecnologias de informação e comunicação, incluindo o ensino e a aprendizagem de ciências. Nesse contexto, os jogos digitais, que são desenvolvidos com base em potentes estratégias de aprendizagem e gamificação, se tornam objetos culturais potentes em promover aprendizagens diversas, que complementam os processos de ensino-aprendizagem na sala de aula. Assim, essa pesquisa teve como objetivo averiguar a aprendizagem de ciências em uma comunidade de jogadores do jogo digital sobre pandemias Plague inc., através da análise do conteúdo de 243 avaliações dos mesmos sobre o jogo, estas categorizadas em seis subcategorias relacionadas ao aprendizado de ciências. Os resultados demonstram o potencial do jogo digital Plague inc. e das práticas de sua comunidade online no desenvolvimento de saberes variados, desde atitudes até conceitos científicos, além de promover o conhecimento prático sobre a relação entre ciências e a sociedade e a interação crítica e criativa entre jogadores da comunidade.

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Visualizing Medicine: Mapping Connections with Plague Inc. to Learn in the Interdisciplinary Classroom

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How Gameful Experience Affects Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Among the Taiwanese Public: Cross-sectional Study

How Gameful Experience Affects Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Among the Taiwanese Public: Cross-sectional Study

Learning about pandemic: a study from the game Plague inc and its players

Aprendizagem de ciências no jogo digital Plague Inc: análise de conteúdo em uma comunidade de jogadores

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