Educational Games For Children Research Articles

Serious educational games for children: A comprehensive framework

IntroductionSerious educational games are digital games designed to support teaching or learning objectives that have become popular among children. However, a set of principles is needed to develop a successful educational game. Therefore, this study aimed to provide a comprehensive and valid framework for designing children's serious educational games. MethodsThe conceptual framework is developed in two phases. First, a scoping review was conducted in PubMed, Ovid (APA PsycInfo), EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, and gray literature on August 1, 2022. Papers in English that reported the serious educational games’ principles for children were included. Second, the extracted data from the previous step was reviewed and discussed by the research team to develop the initial framework. Then, it was distributed to 20 experts with relevant knowledge and experience in two rounds to validate and apply their comments within the framework. ResultsOf the 12916 papers identified, 15 were included in this study. In the proposed framework named CoDHP, the results were classified into four topics, including (a) content aspects, (b) design requirements, (c) highlighted attributes, and (d) children's preferences. Content aspects comprise four classes (goals and limits, child learning content, learning context, and a long-term program) with 16 principles. Design requirements contain 11 classes (stories and storylines, player characters, game mechanics, interactivity, game challenge, game rules, game help, entertaining games, user interface, accessibility, and setting) with 47 principles, of which 15 are highlighted. Regarding children's preferences for the game elements, various similarities and differences were extracted. For instance, both girls and boys prefer fun and popular games. Based on experts' comments, 21 supplementary principles were recommended to complete the content and design requirements. ConclusionGame designers or researchers can use the proposed framework as a formative guide to design successful serious games or evaluate children's digital games.

Pelatihan Peningkatan Literasi melalui Permainan Edukatif pada Anak Lingkungan Tamo Dhua

. Literacy improvement training in both reading and arithmetic with educational games for children in the Tamo Dhua neighborhood, Majene Regency, will be held in June - July 2023. The activity begins with initial observations to find out real data on the literacy skills of children in the Tamo Dhua neighborhood, Majene Regency, then holding numeracy training with educational games, reading training with educational games as well as providing an evaluation in the form of a rating of 1 to determine the ability of participants after being given training. The results obtained are that children are enthusiastic and active in receiving the material provided. Children who initially could not recognize letters and numbers, after attending the training were able to recognize letters and numbers and some even could read or count.

IMPROVING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO BENEFIT FROM A CHILD CARE CENTER IN EAST JERUSALEM: CASE STUDY

The aim of the study was to identify the satisfaction of parents with the reality of the rehabilitation services and programs provided by the Children's Care Center in Jerusalem for their children with special needs, and the problem of the study was identified by the main question of the study: How can I contribute to improving the reality of the services provided to children benefiting from the services of the Child Welfare Center from the point of view of mothers? To achieve these objectives, the procedural approach has been used. To achieve the objectives of the study, the study tools were identified by similar interviews organized, so the researcher conducted face-to-face interviews with a sample of seventeen mothers whose children benefited from the center's services, who in turn volunteered to participate in the current study. The results indicated that the satisfaction of these mothers, whose children benefited from the reality of rehabilitation centre services, was relatively acceptable, as they felt that there were weaknesses and deficiencies in the rehabilitation services provided to their children, as these weaknesses were reflected in three concepts: a lack of specialized competencies in the skills of dealing with children with special needs, high rehabilitation costs for children with special needs, and a lack of medical equipment and services for children with special needs. The results also indicated that the needs of these children based on the recommendations of their mothers were reflected in five basic aspects: the provision of rehabilitation services by the foundation free of charge, the need to provide escorts for their children to be integrated into public education, the need to provide educational and educational games for children and other requirements of child support devices, the need to hold training courses to raise community awareness on how to deal and accept children, and finally the need to hold training courses for parents on how to deal and accept their child in special need.

UTILIZING A WEBSITE TO INCREASE EDUCATION QUALITY AWARENESS IN WEST KALIMANTAN RURAL VILLAGES

Education already become a basic human right since they were born. But geographical condition differentiates the level of education quality they get. Especially in most development countries with low implementation of ICT (Information, Communication, and Technology). In this digital era, it is hard to achieve an effective and efficient learning environment in rural areas. Infrastructures and teaching tools in those areas are very humble. Few books can be read. With limited educational background, social-economy issues will always keep remain. Love Borneo is an organic community that want to make a change for children in rural villages in West Kalimantan. They build a facility called Rumah Baca that provide good quality books suitable for children. They collect donated books and some money to buy books and educational games for children. Since 2015, they already build 10 Rumah Baca. But there are still so many villages that need this kind of facility. To build awareness about education for children in rural villages, this article discusses the development of a dedicated website called www.loveborneo.org that provides up to date information about this community and their activities. People around the world can access this website and can officially support this community. www.loveborneo.org is only one example of ICT implementation to help rural citizens.

Development of Interlocking System between Robotic Pet and Smartphone in Educational Games for Children

교육용 게임 시장이 확대됨에 따라 유아용 교육게임은 과거 보드게임 형태에서 스마트 기기를 접목한 형태로 변모하고 있다. 유아를 대상으로 하는 교육용 게임의 경우 학습 콘텐츠에 대한 집중도 유지가 주요한 고려사항이 된다. 본 논문에서는 유아의 신체 활동성을 유도하면서 다양한 학습콘텐츠의 활용성을 높이기 위해 Robotic Pet과 스마트폰 연동시스템을 개발하여 유아용 교육게임 제작에 적용하였다. 연동시스템은 Robotic Pet과 스마트폰의 데이터 교환을 위한 블루투스 Plug-in, Robotic Pet 조작의 편의성을 향상시키기 위한 스마트폰 방향컨트롤러(Direction Controller), Robotic Pet의 물리적 인식정보를 스마트폰의 데이터 처리로 연결시키는 임베디드 NFC(Near Field Communication) 기능으로 구성되어 있다. 연동시스템의 주요한 3가지 기능을 실제 유아용 교육게임 구현에 적용하여 활용 가능성을 확인하였다.

Facing the Human Factors Challenges in Game Design: A Discussion Panel

The game industry has been expanding exponentially in the past decades, mainly by making games more appealing to a wider audience. In addition, the level of complexity in control interfaces and graphics has increased steadily. As a result, there is a growing demand for human factors and ergonomics practitioners to ensure the users’ engagement. Furthermore, the gaming domain provides an opportunity to expand human factors research in the academia. Therefore, the goal of this panel is to introduce the audience to the present research and development techniques that human factors practitioners utilize in this domain. Specifically, we will review and demonstrate the unique human factors challenges in Internet social games, console video games, and educational games for children and teens using a variety of unique interfaces, such as virtual reality, tactile controls, and gesture recognition.

“Make it a Pleasure and Not a Task”: Educational Games for Children in Georgian England

“Make it a Pleasure and Not a Task”: Educational Games for Children in Georgian England