Edutainment Research Articles

Investigating the Influence of Commedia Dell’Arte on Punch and Judy Shows and the Development of its Educational Aspect

Punch and Judy is a British puppet show known for its comic use of violence, but is this the only factor that contributed to this show’s durability? Looking at its socio-historical context, its influence from commedia dell’arte, and drawing on multiple theories, this paper explores Punch and Judy’s development from a form of pure entertainment to educational entertainment. However, it also argues that while it contributed to the entertainment and educational landscapes of its period, its educational value is condemned in light of contemporary moral standards.

The Yellow River Stories in Henan and Their Development in Film and Television

The Yellow River, as a vital element of Chinese civilization, has played a significant role in various aspects such as economy and culture from ancient times to the present. Henan Province, as a cultural powerhouse through which the Yellow River flows, has given birth to numerous myths, legends, and historical stories about Yellow River culture. The development of film and television productions based on these stories from the Yellow River in Henan is rooted in their rich cultural background. Through clear audiovisual expressions, popular dissemination formats, and narratively profound educational entertainment, the aim is not only to narrate the stories of the Yellow River, but also to deepen the cultural essence of Henan Province.

Evidence-based health messages increase intention to cope with loneliness in Germany: a randomized controlled online trial

Loneliness poses a formidable global health challenge in our volatile, post-pandemic world. Prior studies have identified promising interventions to alleviate loneliness, however, little is known about their effectiveness. This study measured the effectiveness of educational entertainment (“edutainment”) and/or evidence-based, written health messages in alleviating loneliness and increasing intention to cope with loneliness. We recruited 1639 German participants, aged 18 years or older. We compared three intervention groups who received: (A) edutainment and written health messages, (B) only edutainment, or (C) only written health messages, against (D) a control group that received nothing. The primary outcomes were loneliness and intention to cope with loneliness. Participants were also invited to leave comments about the interventions or about their perception or experiences with loneliness. We found a small (d = 0.254) but significant effect of the written messages on increased intention to cope with loneliness (b = 1.78, t(1602) = 2.91, P = 0.004), while a combination of edutainment and written messages significantly decreased loneliness scores (b = −0.25, t(1602) = −2.06, P = 0.04) when compared with the control, even after adjusting for covariables including baseline values, self-esteem, self-efficacy, and hope. We also observed significantly higher self-esteem scores after exposure to a combination of edutainment and written messages (b = 0.821, t(1609) = 1.76, one-tailed P = 0.039) and significantly higher hope scores after exposure to edutainment-only (b = 0.986, t(1609) = 1.85, one-tailed P = 0.032) when compared with the control group. Our study highlights the benefits of using written messages for increasing intention to cope with loneliness and a combination of edutainment and written messages for easing loneliness. Even in small “doses” (less than 6 min of exposure), edutainment can nurture hope, and edutainment combined with written messages can boost self-esteem.

Use of game-based educational entertainment media to foster mathematical problem-solving proficiency in pre-service mathematics teachers

<span lang="EN-ID">The capacity to solve mathematical problems is an essential component of the professional abilities that pre-service instructors of mathematics are required to possess. When it comes to coping with technological advancements in the sphere of education, this skill serves as the foundation. For the purpose of enhancing one's capacity to solve mathematical problems, this study proposes an innovative method that involves the use of game-based educational entertainment media (GEM). Within the realm of development research, this research technique focuses on the ways in which problem-solving skills can be enhanced by participation in activities that are based on game-based entertainment media. The ADDIE phases—analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation—are the steps that are utilised in the process of development. The GEM was utilised by 94 pre-service mathematics teachers who participated in this research. GEM is effective in developing mathematical problem-solving skills, according to the findings of the research. This is accomplished by encouraging pre-service mathematics teachers to identify problems, model them, solve problems mathematically, and assess the results of their efforts.</span>

MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN INTERAKTIF BERBASIS EDUTAINMENT

This educational entertainment-based interactive learning media aims to maximize the teaching and learning process to make it easier and more enjoyable so that it can increase students' interest in learning, especially financial literacy, 3D animation material. Apart from that, teachers can also create questions for students to work on without having to correct them manually because of this system. equipped with an automatic error correction feature based on answers made by the teacher and an educational entertainment system on this website. It is also equipped with mini flash games so that the site content becomes more diverse, and the material is equipped with animation. Content updates can be done dynamically via the admin panel.
 This educational entertainment-based interactive learning media was developed using the Prototype system development methodology and system development tools using UML (Unifield Modeling Language). In developing this educational entertainment website, the programming languages PHP, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery MySQL Database, and Sublime Text were used as editors. text and Adobe Flash Professional CS6 as image editor.
 From the results of this research, an edutainment website was created which contains learning material features in the form of animated images, video tutorials about 3D animation, photos of teaching and learning activities for students majoring in multimedia engineering, educational games, discussion forums and multiple choice questions.

Instagram Content Strategy In Increasing Brand Awareness Museum Sonobudoyo Yogyakarta

The role of museums in the digital era is no longer directed at collections but towards 'Edutainment' (Educational Entertainment) which keeps up with the times by providing information and communication in visual form via Instagram. There are various ways that can be done in preserving culture, but the most important thing is how to raise awareness and a sense of belonging to love the culture itself, so that people will continue to be motivated to learn about it. The existence of the Sonobudoyo Museum in Instagram is expected to provide positive attractive insight to the community. This research is conducted to find out the Instagram content strategy carried out by the Sonobudoyo Museum in increasing brand awareness for the community. The type of research used is qualitative research with a descriptive analysis approach, that interprets the data with words or descriptions. The data collection techniques use the method of observation, interviews and documentation. The results of the study show that the content strategy for the Instagram @sonobudoyo account is implemented consistently. The strategies undertaken include context, communication, collaboration and connection. Brand awareness analysis contained in the @sonobudoyo account involves several elements, namely being different, meaningful, transferability, adaptability, and publicity. The advantage of this journal is the idea and concept of the authors who examine museum attractions with relevant theoretical approaches, supporting references, systematic descriptions, and easy-to-understand explanations.

The Effect Of Using Audio Lingual Method In The Listening Comprehension Of Grade Ten Students Of SMA Swasta Kampus Nommensen Pematang Siantar

The aim of this research is to find out whether there is a significant effect of using the audio-lingual method on the listening comprehension of tenth grade students at Nommensen Private High School, Pematang Siantar Campus. In addition, the aim of this research is to make teachers consider appropriate methods that they can implement in the classroom to teach students about listening comprehension. Therefore, teachers must pay attention to the appropriate methods that can be used to achieve maximum listening comprehension indicators. Another aim of this research is to help students understand listening comprehension material using the Audio Lingual Method and to entertain them with various ways of teaching in the learning process by providing them with music or other educational entertainment to increase their motivation in learning and creating. they are interested in listening to the material to achieve good habits from the learning process in the classroom which is the main goal of the Audio-Lingual Method. This research is quantitative research with the form of an experimental design. This research involves two variables; there is an independent variable, namely the Audio Lingual Method (X) and a dependent variable, namely students' listening comprehension (Y). In this research, the researcher used a purposive sampling technique to select the sample, and decided class X-3 as the Experiment Class and X2 as the Control Class to be the sample for this research where the number of students in the class was 30 students. Researchers also use research instruments which are divided into two instruments, namely instrument blueprints and instrument calibration. Researchers use tests, observation, and documentation as data collection methods. After calculating the average and standard deviation of the two classes, the researcher uses the t-test formula, the results of the t-test must be higher than the t-table with a significance level of 5% (2.265 > 1.680). Based on the research findings, the researcher concluded that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. So, it can be concluded that the use of the audio lingual method influences the listening comprehension of tenth grade students.

Implementation of a salt substitute intervention using social marketing in resourced-limited communities in Peru: a process evaluation study.

This study aimed to conduct a process evaluation of a salt substitute trial conducted in Peru. Through semi-structured interviews of intervention participants, we documented and analyzed process evaluation variables as defined by the Medical Research Council Framework. This study was a stepped wedge trial conducted in Tumbes, Peru in 2014. The intervention was a community-wide replacement of regular salt (100% sodium) with "Salt Liz" (75% sodium and 25% potassium) using social marketing strategies to promote the adoption and continued use of the salt substitute in daily life. The components of the social marketing campaign included entertainment educational activities and local product promoters ("Amigas de Liz"). Another component of the intervention was the Salt Liz spoon to help guide the amount of salt that families should consume. The process evaluation variables measured were the context, mechanism of action, and implementation outcomes (acceptability, fidelity and adoption, perceptions, and feedback). In total, 60 women were interviewed, 20 with hypertension and 40 without hypertension. Regarding context, common characteristics across the four villages included residents who primarily ate their meals at home and women who were responsible for household food preparation. As the mechanism of action, most participants did not notice a difference in the flavor between regular salt and Salt Liz; those that did notice a difference took around 2 weeks to become accustomed to the taste of the salt substitute. In terms of implementation outcomes, the Salt Liz was accepted by villagers and factors explaining this acceptability included that it was perceived as a "high quality" salt and as having a positive effect on one's health. Participants recognized that the Salt Liz is healthier than regular salt and that it can help prevent or control hypertension. However, most participants could not accurately recall how the compositions of the Salt Liz and regular salt differed and the role they play in hypertension. Although the use of the Salt Liz was far-reaching at the community level, the use of the Salt Liz spoon was poor. Educational entertainment activities were well-received, and most participants enjoyed them despite not always being active participants but rather sideline observers. This process evaluation identifies key intervention components that enabled a successful trial. Seeking and incorporating feedback from the target population helps deepen the understanding of contextual factors that influence an intervention's success. Furthermore, feedback received can aid the development of the intervention product. Some factors that can be improved for future interventions are acknowledged. NCT01960972.

The Twin Impacts of Income Inequality and Unemployment on Murder Crime in African Emerging Economies: A Mixed Models Approach

This study analyses the dynamic impact of income inequality and unemployment on crime in a panel of 15 African countries during the period 1994–2019 using four models: the panel vector autoregression model, the generalized method of moments model, the fixed-effect model, and machine learning. These models were chosen due to their ability to address the dynamics of several entities. The variables employed for empirical investigation include income inequality, unemployment, and crime. Machine learning was adopted to find which socioeconomic issues contribute to crime between the two issues at hand. The results show that income inequality accounts for 64% of crime, making it the biggest contributor to crime. The findings further show that an unexpected shock in inequality and unemployment has a significant positive impact on crime in these countries. Even when pre-tax income held by the top 10% and male unemployment is adopted, the study yields similar results. Educational entertainment through secondary enrolment was found to increase crime, while it was found to decrease crime through tertiary enrolment at the tertiary level. Finally, economic development was found to decrease crime. From a policy perspective, the current study suggests to the government that some policies are more appropriate for addressing concerns about income inequality and unemployment (income policy or fiscal policy). Therefore, more policies targeting the distribution of income are crucial, as that might decrease income inequality while at the same time decreasing crime. In addition, policymakers should focus on addressing structural challenges through the implementation of sound structural reform policies that aim to attract investment consistent with job creation, human development, and growth in African economies.

Edutainment in social studies learning: Can it develop critical thinking skills and creativity?

This study is a response to the current conditions of social studies teaching and learning in Indonesia, which are considered tedious, emphasizing low-level components of intellectual growth. Such conditions necessitate the development of the Social Sciences teachers’ creativity to create enjoyable learning that accommodates students' competency attainment. This study aims to investigate, analyze, and characterise edutainment-based social science learning innovations adopted in junior high school. Research and development were employed in the study. It began with a preliminary investigation, followed by constructing an educational entertainment model. According to the study's findings, there are three forms of edutainment development in social science education. These include instructional games, edutainment through the "If History" technique, and edutainment through creative writing techniques. These three methods were found to be promoting students’ participation in the learning process through engaging activities and exploring content familiar to the student's context. This type of research has the potential to develop a creative and innovative Social Science learning model in junior secondary education. Keywords: education in the social sciences, edutainment, learning model

Edutainment, Gamification and Nutritional Education: An Analysis of Its Relationship With The Perception of Organizational Culture in Primary Education

The application of edutainment and gamification resources as complementary methodologies allows to reinforce and facilitate the internalization of learning, although there are hardly any studies that relate its use to the organizational culture of educational establishments. This research aims to assess the effectiveness of the Foodball gamification program, applied to nutritional education as a strategy for innovation and learning and, specifically, its relationship with the teacher perception of organizational culture in education. A transversal methodology was used with students between 7 and 10 years old ( n = 185), and teachers ( n = 55) from 14 public primary schools in Rome and Ostia (Italy). Ad hoc assessment scales and the Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) were used in the collection of information. For the analysis of the data, descriptive and inferential tests were carried out. The results associate the potential of these resources with an active participation and motivation in the learning process, as well as with the internalization of the information. Likewise, the teachers who participated in the educational entertainment crossmedia format obtained higher scores in the perception of the organizational culture, revealing significant differences according to gender and the acceptance of error as a unit value, and age with the perception of innovation. It is concluded in the need to deepen in these results through the design of longitudinal studies on the use of gamification resources and its effective incidence in the organizational culture.

Implementasi Siaran TV Sekolah Sebagai Media Informasi Kegiatan Sekolah TK Inplayschool

This study discusses the implementation of school television broadcasts which are used as a medium for information on school activities for Kindergarten Inplayschool which is a kindergarten school that has interesting activities. So far, various information has been conveyed through cellular communication media, brochures, pamphlets and teaching materials with all their limitations. Along with the development of the era where everything has changed based on digital, it is necessary to have information media facilities that are able to answer all the challenges of the digital era. This research is based on the importance of audio-visual-based information media that is able to convey information in a package that is much more attractive, flexible, effective and has a wide reach. The research uses a conceptual method which is a qualitative research with data collection techniques, namely observation, question and answer, and documentation without having prepared instruments like research with a quantitative approach. This school TV was developed by Mrs. Sri Watini, et al, which is a TV streaming service resulting from the industrial revolution 4.0 which is the best solution for institutions in conveying a variety of activities. The results of this study are that Inplayschool Kindergarten has implemented school TV broadcasts as an effective medium of information such as learning information. as well as educational entertainment.

DEVELOPING AN EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE 3D PUZZLE IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT

Abstract. The ways our cultural heritage reserve is preserved and disseminated to the public have changed significantly, with the use of immersive technologies, such as virtual reality environments, and serious games. Nowadays, these technologies are also exploited for developing interactive informative applications, to support historical education and enhance museum visits, physical or virtual, especially to younger generations. The field of edutainment, educational entertainment, has been rapidly developing during the last 10 or 15 years. The main goal of this research is to develop an educational 3D puzzle-like serious game which can operate within a virtual reality environment while aiming towards the dissemination of cultural heritage content to the younger public, i.e., students, children etc., through a pleasant gamification process. The cultural heritage objects used are an ancient Greek temple and a statue of the Roman era, whose high-resolution fully textured 3D models were available from previous projects. The game application was developed in Unity game engine with suitable coding to enable the smooth execution of the 3D puzzle solution. The application verified that it is more interesting to learn about cultural assets through a game than in the conventional ways, and even more when it is implemented within a Virtual Reality environment, where the contact with the assets appears to be more direct and realistic. The same application can also be utilized in different educational areas and can be expanded by the inclusion of other digital assets.

Design, Development and Evaluation of Haptic and Olfactory based Application for Visually Impaired Learners

Educational entertainment or edutainment is a popular approach to allow learners experience a fun learning environment while acquiring knowledge. Currently, this approach is widely used and has promising benefits, whereby not only it provides a fun learning environment but also cause learners to hardly notice the learning process. However, as there are a minimum of 2.2 billion people worldwide with vision impairment or blindness, this approach can be a challenging experience for them. It is thus important to provide equal opportunities for these members of the community in the teaching and learning environment. Owing to the limited applications available for the visually impaired in virtual edutainment tailored for them, this research aims to design and develop an edutainment application for visually impaired users using a user-centered design. The application allows users to touch 3D objects using Touch by 3DSystems. In addition, sounds and smells will be released from the speaker and olfactory devices, respectively. The usability and satisfaction of users toward this application was tested on the visually impaired as well as blindfolded users using a 7-point Likert scale questionnaire. This questionnaire was constructed in accordance with USE (Usefulness, Satisfaction, and Ease of use) by Lund. A total of 10 participants – including visually impaired teachers and blindfolded students – participated in this study. Participants in this study agreed that the proposed application is useful, easy to use, easy to learn, and were satisfied with the application. The average rating of the results out of 7 was 5.92 for usefulness, 5.6 for ease of use, 6.22 for ease of learning, and 6.25 for satisfaction.

Young Adults' Responses to an African and US-Based COVID-19 Edutainment Miniseries: Real-Time Qualitative Analysis of Online Social Media Engagement.

BackgroundIn April 2020, as cases of the novel COVID-19 spread across the globe, MTV Staying Alive Foundation created the educational entertainment miniseries MTV Shuga: Alone Together. In 70 short episodes released daily on YouTube, Alone Together aimed to disseminate timely and accurate information to increase young people’s knowledge, motivation, and actions to prevent COVID-19.ObjectiveWe sought to identify Alone Together viewer’s perspectives on the global COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdowns by examining the words, conversations, experiences, and emotions expressed on social media in response to the Alone Together episodes. We also assessed how viewers used the series and its online community as a source of support during the global pandemic.MethodsA total of 3982 comments and 70 live chat conversations were extracted from YouTube between April and October 2020 and analyzed through a data-led inductive thematic approach. Aggregated demographic and geographical data were collected using YouTube Analytics.ResultsThe miniseries had a global reach across 5 continents, with a total of 7.7 million views across MTV Shuga platforms. The series had over 1 million views over 70 episodes on YouTube and an average of 5683 unique viewers per episode on YouTube. The dominant audience was adults under the age of 35 years and women. Across diverse countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, the United States, and the UK, viewers believed that COVID-19 was serious and expressed that it was socially responsible to follow public health measures. Storylines of the series about the impact of self-isolation on mental health, exposure to violence in lockdowns, and restricted employment opportunities due to the pandemic resonated with young viewers. Tuning in to the miniseries provided viewers with reliable information, entertainment, and an online community during an isolating, confusing, and worrying time.ConclusionsDuring the first wave of COVID-19, viewers from at least 53 countries connected on social media via the MTV miniseries. The analysis showed how digitally connected people under the age of 35 years, predominantly women, felt compelled to follow COVID-19 safety measures despite the pandemic’s impact on their social, educational, and financial needs. Viewers used social media to reach out to fellow viewers for advice, solace, support, and resources. Organizations, governments, and individuals have been forced to innovate during the pandemic to ensure people can access services safely and remotely. This analysis showed that women under 35 years of age were especially receptive to receiving support from online communities and media services. Peer influence and support online can be a powerful public health tool as people have a great capacity to influence each other and shape norms around public health. However, online services are not accessible to everyone, and COVID-19 has increased disparities between digitally connected and unconnected younger adults.

Health Knowledge, Awareness & Social Stigma as Reflected in Egyptian Drama - HIV/AIDS as Paradigm

The purpose of the study to explore the content of drama as folk format to be utilized as educational entertainment spectacle to inform, educate awareness of HIV/AIDS disease and maintain the society from stigmatizing the infected people. The study is considered a qualitative research using content analysis questionnaire to analyze five Egyptian drama storytelling produced to address the HIV/AIDS disease including the plot ,characters, knowledge, awareness and social stigma. The results indicate that the information is limited to the transmission of the virus. We found that the infected people are stigmatized by the society although they have to receive their rights as human beings.

ПОЛИЦЕНТРИЧНАЯ МОДЕЛЬ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОГО РАЗВИТИЯ АГЛОМЕРАЦИИ КАК АКТУАЛЬНЫЙ ТРЕНД РАЗВИТИЯ СОВРЕМЕННЫХ МЕГАПОЛИСОВ

The article considers the model of development of modern megacities and substantiates the need for the formation of a polycentric structure of the spatial development of agglomerations. The current trends in the placement of educational, research, innovation, business and shopping and entertainment functions for the development of the agglomeration territory are analyzed, the structure of the risks of implementing a polycentric model of the development of the St. Petersburg agglomeration and the directions of their leveling and overcoming are proposed. As the most important driver for the polycentric development of the St. Petersburg agglomeration, the author highlights the creation of places of employment, both in the production and post-industrial spheres – the service economy and the knowledge economy, the IT sector.

“No trolls left behind!”: Using films to address communication apprehension in the English language classroom at Universiti Utara Malaysia

Silence in the English language classroom is a common problem faced by language instructors, especially for students in the lower proficiency classes and instructors see language anxiety as one of the main reasons this is so. The intervention of educational entertainment or Edutainment in the English Language classroom is important to improve the language learning experience of this generation of millennial students. This paper looks at Films to provide not only language learning enjoyment but useful input to students of the lowest level English course at UUM. In this research, intervention in the form of film viewing and activities related to the films was carried out. A class of twenty students from a first level English class weregiven six movies of their choice to watch and conduct activities with in addition to the normal course scheme of work.Through film viewing and activities, students were exposed to language use in context which is supported by visual and linguistic support and storyline. Before and after the intervention, The Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA24) instrument which measures levels of Communication Apprehension was administered. The results of the study shows that students indicated lower communication apprehension levelsoverall and within the subcategories of group discussion, meetings, interpersonal communication and public speaking. Students’ reflections were also positive in nature. The findings of this study concur that language acquisition takes place meaningfully through films by providing comprehensible input and that films are an important medium that facilitate communication and language learning for this generationof students

90 Plein Street and the ANC’s 2017 Nasrec Conference – Educational Entertainment Television or State Capture Conspiracy?

ABSTRACT In 2012, The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Education launched 90 Plein Street, an entertainment education (EE) television series whose mission was to offer education in democracy. The series followed in the footsteps of the highly successful EE predecessors like Yizo Yizo and Soul City which delivered education through highly compelling drama format based on raw South African social realism. While most of the seasons of this drama followed the SABC’s tried and tested approach to educational television, the last season, which was commissioned in the months preceding the 2017 ANC Elective Conference, bore very close resemblance to the political campaign themes of the faction associated with former President Jacob Zuma. Through the former president’s wife, the faction sought to create an alternative avenue for Zuma to continue access to state resources and maintain his influence. This article seeks to critically assess this state-funded drama to answer the question of whether and in what ways themes favourable to forces of “state capture” were encoded in the series. The article seeks to explore the fine line between educational television and political interest by paying attention to discursive and social practices that form the important context within which the drama was produced and broadcast.

Peran Taman Baca Rumah Inspirasi dalam Mewujudkan Literasi Informasi pada Anak-anak di Kelurahan Bungkutoko

The purpose of this research is to find out the role of inspiring home reading parks in realizing information literacy skills for children in Bungkutoko Village. This research method is descriptive qualitative with descriptive method. The technique of determining informants is done by purposive sampling or determination directly by researchers to be informants, data collection is done through observations and interviews in the Community Reading Park Of Rumah Inspirasi Bungkutoko VillageThe results of this research show that, the Community Reading Park Rumah Inspirasi in Bungkutoko Village as one of the Community Reading Parks in Southeast Sulawesi participated in realizing information literacy in children consistently and forming children's personal to be confident. Of the four indicators have been well applied in terms of information, where in this study home volunteers provide inspiration information that children need. Both serve as places of expanding insight and knowledge in this inspiring home volunteers providing reading material that suits children. The third serves as an educational entertainment place in this indicator usually children play while learning for example such as playing guessing numbers and letters, the fourth serves as a coaching character and moral indicators discuss about the importance of shaping children's character and that is where we must also introduce to children the importance of preserving culture, preserving culture and others. In the sense that the park read inspiring houses in Bungkutoko Village is very helpful for the community in the area especially children who must be met their needs by providing educational reading materials so that the literacy of information he gets is more widespread.Key Words: Role, Garden Read House Inspiration, Information Literacy