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Designing Social Videogames for Educational Uses
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Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Carina; Blanco-Izquierdo, Francisco – Computers & Education, 2012
In this paper we analyze the main areas of research into educational videogames and in the evolution of the technologies and design methodologies that are making these interactive systems increasingly natural, immersive and social. We present the design and development of a prototype for a collaborative educational videogame based on a Massively…
Descriptors: Video Games, Secondary Education, Online Systems, Educational Games
Learning and Motivational Impacts of a Multimedia Science Game
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Miller, Leslie M.; Chang, Ching-I.; Wang, Shu; Beier, Margaret E.; Klisch, Yvonne – Computers & Education, 2011
The power of a web-based forensic science game to teach content and motivate STEM careers was tested among secondary students. More than 700 secondary school students were exposed to one of the three web-based forensic cases for approximately 60 min. Gain scores from pre-test to a delayed post-test indicated significant gains in content knowledge.…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Persuasive Discourse, Student Attitudes, Technology
Fostering Argumentative Knowledge Construction through Enactive Role Play in "Second Life"
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Jamaludin, Azilawati; Chee, Yam San; Ho, Caroline Mei Lin – Computers & Education, 2009
This paper examines how pre-university students shared and constructed knowledge in the context of GP (general paper) by interacting through individual virtual characters across five cycles of enactive role play sessions. Contextualized scenarios on the topic of euthanasia were developed in "Second Life". Role-playing the virtual characters…
Descriptors: Death, Data Analysis, Virtual Classrooms, Ethics
Fostering Collaborative Learning in Second Life: Metaphors and Affordances
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Andreas, Konstantinidis; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Terzidou, Theodouli; Pomportsis, Andreas – Computers & Education, 2010
In this paper we examine the transferability of the Jigsaw and Fishbowl collaborative learning techniques to the Second Life platform. Our aim is to assess the applicability of Second Life for collaborative learning by developing virtual tools and metaphors and exploiting the representational richness of this novel medium. In order to enhance the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Figurative Language