Interactive Educational Game Research Articles

Designing Chill City: An interactive game supporting public learning about urban planning for extreme heat

Climate change and the urban heat island (UHI) effect are increasing extreme heat risk in cities across the world, and have already made extreme heat the top weather-related cause of death in the United States. Despite this, understanding of viable strategies to address extreme heat is still limited, for both decision-makers and the public. Using a design-based research methodology, we developed an interactive educational game, Chill City, which teaches players about possible heat planning strategies and their tradeoffs. We surveyed adult, non-expert players to understand the game’s reception and impacts. Players expressed that they enjoyed the game and that it helped them better understand heat planning strategies and the environmental, social, and economic tradeoffs associated with them. We argue that environmental games offer educational potential for adult learners on issues of extreme heat and climate change that should be further explored to inform effective approaches and designs.

Designing an Android-based Nursing Theory Reminder of Educational Game Application (GEMPITA)

Nursing theory is an important thing to learn for nursing students. Nursing theory can be studied by students in philosophy and nursing theory courses. It can be seen from the results of the final evaluation that students obtained sufficient scores of 49%. This has an impact on the student achievement index and student professionalism in carrying out nursing practice, both in clinical practice and later when they have worked in nursing services. The learning method used by lecturers is to form groups and give assignments to students in the form of papers and presentation in the form of powerpoints in front of the class. Therefore, researchers try to make a learning innovation in the form of an android-based educational game. This educational game is called the nursing theory reminder education game (GEmPITA). This study aimed to design an android-based GEmPITA as an innovation for students’ learning media in philosophy and nursing theory courses. Mobile application development lifecycle model (MADLC) with 7 stages including the rapid application development method, with 3 stages, namely requirement planning, design system, and implementation. The results of this study are in the form of a prototype of an android-based game application that will be used by nursing students. By making the GEmPITA, an interactive educational game, students can learn nursing knowledge in a more fun way and make learning nursing science easier.
 Keywords: gaming apps, education, android, nursing theory

DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIAN-BASED TEACHING MATERIALS INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL GAME "PEBI "TO IMPROVE READING SKILLS IN THE BEGINNING OF GRADE II ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Interactive Educational Game is a game that aims to provoke children's interest in learning the subject matter while playing, so that with a happy feeling it is hoped that children can more easily understand the subject matter presented. This study aims to develop Indonesian language teaching materials based on interactive educational games to improve the early reading skills of second grade elementary school (SD) students. This study uses the Research and Development Research method using the Dick and Carey Model. The Dick and Carey model is one of the learning design models with a systems approach. Based on the results of the research on the Development of Indonesian Language Teaching Materials Based on Interactive Educational Games "PEBI" Class II SDN Mekar Jaya Serang Regency, it can be concluded several things as follows: (1) Development of Indonesian Language Teaching Materials Based on Interactive Educational Games "PEBI" was developed based on an analysis of teacher needs and students through a needs questionnaire provided by the developer, (2) The results of the validation of material experts, media experts, and design experts on the development product of Indonesian Language Teaching Materials Based on the "PEBI" Interactive Educational Game with very feasible criteria to be developed, and (3) Based on the results Research on the development of Indonesian Language Teaching Materials Based on Interactive Educational Games "PEBI" can be concluded that the Digital Book learning media is used in developing abilities in designing creative, innovative and interesting learning.

DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL GAMES BASED ON INTERACTIVE POWERPOINT MATERIALS OF SUBSTANCES AND ITS CHANGES

Learning media aims as a communication tool to convey a material in learning. Developing an Interactive PowerPoint-based Educational Game Media is one of the general objectives of this research. The development model used in this research is ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation). However, the Implementation phase was not carried out due to the pandemic. The data obtained are qualitative data types (from the media development process) and quantitative data (from data validation results by media experts). This research resulted in a product in the form of an interactive PowerPoint-based educational game media material substance, substance and its changes, which have been validated by several experts, namely material expert lecturers, media expert lecturers and science teachers at Al-Furqan Madrasatul Qur'an Tebuireng Jombang Middle School. With a validation score of 2.98 out of 4.00 which is categorized as valid.

FEATURES OF APPLICATION OF E-LEARNING COURSE IN THE STUDY OF CHEMICAL DISCIPLINES

The paper presents the methodology of developing a distance learning course in organic chemistry for students majoring in “Biotechnology and Bioengineering” in the Moodle shell. An e-learning course is offered to organize distance learning for students. Based on the use of Moodle modules, there is a system of learning and control over it, which is focused on the organization of interaction between teacher and students and can be effectively used for the organization of blended learning and distance learning. With the help of such a system the student can remotely, get acquainted with the study material, perform tasks and send the results of their performance for verification, pass electronic testing in the mode of self-control and control. In the period of growing relevance of distance learning, the use of such elements as video and audio clips, animations, illustrated graphics and diagrams, interactive educational games, links to Internet resources, simulations and various tools for communication, collaboration and messaging are appropriate. It includes a course business card, general information, 3 content modules and a control unit. The course contains different types of elements: lectures, presentations, glossary, news forum, tests, tasks. The task of the course is to organize distance and independent work of students and perform tests. Laboratory works are presented using video materials. The developed electronic course in the discipline is constantly evolving and focused on the needs of students with the ability to modify the presentation of the material. The course in organic chemistry for distance learning activates the independent work of students. The use of e-course in the educational process allows you to write and test in a remote format.

WISE game: wireless interactive software educational game

This study presents the development of a wireless, interactive, educational (WISE) game that incorporates the use of smartphones for reviewing lessons that might suit the standards of the Philippine government’s education department. It is easier today to engage students using digital platforms for education using interactive digital games. In this study, the users can play the game by connecting the smartphones to the prototype through wireless local area network. It consists of two types of cards: power cards which contribute excitement to the game, and question cards which contain questions to be answered by the players. The prototype is an integration of the following components: Raspberry Pi 3B, RFID reader and cards, and speakers. A graphical user interface where the players interact with the game was created using scripting languages, such as PHP, and JavaScript. The project was evaluated by different grade school students of Metro Manila, Philippines. The results of users’ evaluation show that the prototype is accessible and effective for use based on functionality and that the project can also serve as a tool for lesson reviews. Future development of WISE game includes its integration and compatibility to different operating systems with larger databases and accessibility.

The Effects of WordWall Online Games (WOW) on English Language Vocabulary Learning Among Year 5 Pupils

In the effort to upgrade pupils' vocabulary learning experience, the potential of interactive educational games is increasingly explored as supplementary teaching and learning materials. While the eagerness to integrate mobile technology into English language education is noticeable, there is a lack of evidence on Malaysian English as Second Language (ESL) learners' views of the feasibility of online games in vocabulary learning. This study aims to determine the degree of improvement in pupils' vocabulary performance. The quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and dependent t-test analysis. The cross-sectional survey was adapted from the ACRS-V model. The questionnaire was distributed to Year 5 pupils from a national primary school in Negeri Sembilan who are using the syllabus of The English Language Curriculum for Primary Schools (KSSR). The findings show a moderate level of Satisfaction, Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Volition. In addition, a paired sample t-test indicates a significant improvement in the pupils’ vocabulary scores after using WordWall (WOW) as a vocabulary learning supplementary material. The effect size demonstrated is also larger regarding its effects in behavioural sciences. This study provides important insights as a guide for primary school English teachers in integrating online games as a learning tool for English language learning, especially in developing pupils’ English vocabulary repertoire.

Emergent Narratives in Remote Learning Experiences for Project Based Education

The University of Naples Federico II (Italy) offers a nine-month formative training program aimed at software development for the Apple technology ecosystem to ~400 learners per year and utilises the Challenge Based Learning (CBL) methodology as a framework for learning. As a collaborative and self-guided, inquiry-based learning method, it focuses on learners’ intrinsic motivation while working on real world problems organised in projects (Challenges in CBL) with an experiential and progressive approach to apply acquired knowledge in real world scenarios, ideate solution concepts and build innovative digital products. To overcome limitations of spiral curriculum or elaboration theory, the authors applied narrative theory to design the program’s educational experience for the academic year 2019/2020 as a cohesive journey within a communal learning environment with a coherent and connected structure of narratively driven learning Challenges. The authors present concepts to develop their approach further towards an emergent narrative experience design system to manage the educational journey as it develops, rather than scripting it. This paper evolves the authors’ Narrative Experience Design Canvas to model educational experience design that encourages unscripted, emergent narratives for experiential education with the goal of fostering learners’ engagement, agency and creativity. Derived in part by models developed for digital interactive storytelling or educational video games, it categorises the components for designing an educational experience that allows the learning progression to be driven by learners as co-authors and describes mechanisms that allow unscripted narratives to emerge based on intrinsic motivation. Additionally, the authors present considerations for synchronous and asynchronous learning to evolve their framework for application in blended or remote learning scenarios. Drawing upon findings for remote learning and experiential e-learning - ee-learning - presented by scholars as well as implications identified during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting switch to remote learning within the program at University of Naples Federico II in 2020, it is shown how combining narrative elements with experiential e-learning principles can result in increased engagement, motivation and sense of community in learners. Using the example of an individual learning unit - a Challenge - considerations from overall course design down to day-to-day learning activities within the course are presented. For the future, the authors indicate action points to develop this model into an Emergent Narrative System for designing narratively driven and experiential software development education programs and indicate areas of further research on learning activity design for blended or remote learning experiences.

COMPARISON OF LADDER SNAKE AND BUSY BOOK ANDARA ON KNOWLEDGE OF PERSONAL SAFETY SKILLS AGAINST CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Background: The high Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) case in the Bengkulu City need anticipation intensive action. Children need to are provided with knowledge about the program underware rules that is useful as for Personal Safety Skill to protect themselves from risk of child sexual abuse. Aim: the purpose of this study is to compare ladder snake and busy book Andara in increasing knowledge of personal safety skills (PSS) against child sexual abuse for preschool. Methods: A quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest control group design was used in this study. One hundred and seven pre-school were divided into two groups, ladder snake Andara group, and the busy book group. Samples were taken using a simple random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney with SPSS software version 22.0. Result: There was a significant difference in knowledge of PSS between the two groups before and after treatment (p=0.000), and there was a significant difference knowledge of PSS in between the ladder snake and busy book Andara (p=0.002), with a higher mean rank ladder snake of 62,95. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that there was a significant difference in knowledge of PSS between two groups, and the ladder snake Andara showed better results in increasing knowledge of PSS among preschool compared to the busy book Andara. Recommendation: Development of interactive educational game tools with peers or parents is very important to improve children's knowledge of personal safety skills.

Interactive educational games assisted Construc 2: A systematic perspective of design reviews

Educational games are increasingly being used, it is very important for designers to recognize the quality and reliability of the software. The purpose of this article is to describe the results of game evaluations at the level of ease of use of the software. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with Heuristic evaluation. Testing by involving experts in the process. The assessment instrument consists of ten statements. The assessment results show the game only has cosmetic problems (score 0 and 1 point from the total HE instruments). However, in error prevention, an average of 2.33 is obtained which means it has a small usability problem. So, the game application is declared eligible to be distributed to end users.

An Examination of the Impact of Game-Based Geometric Shapes Education Software Usage on the Education of Students With Intellectual Disabilities

Purpose: This study aims to research the impact of the e-learning environment, in which game-based education software was used, on the learning of students with intellectual disabilities. Design/Approach/Methods: The study group consisted of 34 students with intellectual disabilities studying at a special education vocational school in Çanakkale, Turkey. In this study, the true experimental method was used. For 5 weeks, the experimental group received blended learning that was supported by the usage of a game-based education software designed by the researcher, which includes interactive educational game applications. At the same time, control group students only received the teaching process in the classroom with the traditional teaching method. A course attitude scale and an achievement test were used for data collection. Findings: The analysis of the findings showed that there was a significant increase between pre-course and post-course attitudes and academic achievement scores of the students. There wasn’t a significant difference between pre-course and post-course attitudes and academic achievement scores according to the gender and academic achievement scores. Males’ academic achievement and attitude post-test scores were higher than females’ scores. Students having upper daily mobile devices usage experience had higher post-test and academic achievement scores than students having lower daily mobile devices usage experience. Originality/Value: This article has the potential to construct a new practice example as a supplement for analyzing the game-based educational software usage on the education of students with intellectual disabilities. As a pilot study, it provides a good sample for further investigations.

A House of Quality (HOQ) matrix of assistive technology for deaf students at elementary school to enhance basic-level language competencies

Communication skill is a human basic ability to interact with one another. People usually have no difficulties in communication, yet not for deaf people. The basic communication ability of deaf people tends to be poor due to their hearing impairment. Thus, the technological role is an effective way to enhance communication skill for deaf people or so-called as assistive technology. This study generated a house of quality (HOQ) matrix which can be adopted to develop an assistive technology in the form of language instructional media. The HOQ matrix generated significantly contributes to translating from profound need analysis to assistive technology features to enhance communication ability through Indonesian language competencies for deaf students at elementary school. The user needs were formulized from a preliminary assessment at previous research which took twelve best deaf students from three special elementary schools in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This study has found that the priority of assistive technology development is visual and interactive media, either application or educational game, which comprises the vocabulary of concrete thematic nouns and non-affix transitive verbs and composing a simple sentence. Therefore, the HOQ generated is particularly noteworthy for Indonesian language major competencies by deaf students, which are: understanding reading text skill, writing, and speaking.

A Computer-Aided Instruction in Mathematics: Application Game on Android Devices

Nowadays, access to mobile phones has increased significantly over recent years many people have access to devices on a wide basis and a large number of children play electronic games. The electronic games has positive and negative impacts to children. The study were developed to provide an alternative and interactive educational game for the Grade I pupils. The title of the study is A Computer-Aided instruction in Mathematics for Grade I Pupils Application Game on Android Devices that will focus on the basic arithmetic operations in Mathematics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The flash for android were used for animation. Sql lite for its database in order to store mathematical problems or equation and results. For programming language, the researchers used an android programming. With the development of the study, the application can only be installed to all the Android mobile phones and PC tablets. The main objective of this research is to develop and design An Application Game on Android Devices. Specifically, sought to find the profile of the respondents, respondents perception on the level of effectiveness proposed application Respondents’ perception on the level of acceptance of the proposed application in terms of the systems quality metrics used; accuracy, functionality, reliability, speed of processing and efficiency. In the context of the findings and conclusions, the researchers draw that the application must be used by Grade I Pupils as an alternative tool in learning, the continuous study and development to widen the scope and enhance the design and purpose, and inclusion of electronic manual in the mobile application should take into consideration.

TÜRKÇE ÖĞRETMENLERİNİN DİL EĞİTİMİNDE ORTAM TASARIMI VE MATERYAL KULLANIMI YETERLİKLERİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

Bu araştırmanın amacı, Türkçe dersi öğretmenlerinin dil eğitiminde ortam tasarımı ve materyal kullanımına ilişkin görüşlerinin alınmasıdır. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yaklaşımı çerçevesinde görüşme ve gözlem yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Zonguldak ili Çaycuma ilçesinde 2017-2018 öğretim yılı içerisinde görev yapan 15 Türkçe öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma grubunun oluşturulması sırasında öğretmenlere araştırma amacı belirtilmiş; gönüllü olanlar çalışma grubuna dâhil edilmiştir. Çalışma grubundaki tüm öğretmenlerle görüşmeler yapılmış, aynı zamanda çalışma grubundaki üç öğretmen de bir ders saati (40dk) gözlemlenmiştir. Görüşme ve gözlem esnasında araştırmacılar tarafından notlar alınmıştır. Çalışmada kullanılan görüşme ve gözlem formu, araştırma ekibi tarafından hazırlanmıştır. Görüşme formu beş sorudan oluşurken gözlem formunda ise görüşme formundan hareketle oluşturulmuş beş gözlem boyutu yer almaktadır. Görüşme ve gözlem sonucu elde edilen veriler içerik analizi ile incelenmiştir. Ulaşılan sonuçlara göre Türkçe öğretmenlerinin etkili bir görsel uyaran olan karikatürden yeterince faydalanmadıkları görülmüştür ve dil eğitiminde karikatürün aktif olarak kullanılması önerilmiştir.

Intelligent analysis and data visualisation for teacher assistance tools: The case of exploratory learning

AbstractWhile it is commonly accepted that Learning Analytics (LA) tools can support teachers' awareness and classroom orchestration, not all forms of pedagogy are congruent to the types of data generated by digital technologies or the algorithms used to analyse them. One such pedagogy that has been so far underserved by LA is exploratory learning, exemplified by tools such as simulators, virtual labs, microworlds and some interactive educational games. This paper argues that the combination of intelligent analysis of interaction data from such an Exploratory Learning Environment (ELE) and the targeted design of visualisations has the benefit of supporting classroom orchestration and consequently enabling the adoption of this pedagogy to the classroom. We present a case study of LA in the context of an ELE supporting the learning of algebra. We focus on the formative qualitative evaluation of a suite of Teacher Assistance tools. We draw conclusions relating to the value of the tools to teachers and reflect with transferable lessons for future related work. Practitioner NotesWhat is already known about this topic Learning Analytics (LA) tools can support teachers' orchestration but most of the work so far has focus mostly on instructionist pedagogies or Computer‐Supported Collaborative Learning. Exploratory Learning Environments (ELEs) encourage students to freely explore a domain and follow a variety of solutions and have the potential to lead to more engagement and deeper learning. The freedom in ELEs introduces orchestration challenges that hinder the adoption of such pedagogies in classroom. What this paper adds A set of usage scenarios for LA tools for exploratory environments derived from teacher input and design and methodological guidelines based on a reflection from the study. Showcases a suite of Teacher Assistance tools purposefully designed for teachers' orchestration requirements during Exploratory Learning. Empirical evidence of the perceived usefulness of these tools and feedback from a large number of teachers thanks to a methodology of re‐using previously collected classroom data. Implications for practice and/or policy A methodology for involving teachers in the design and evaluation of LA. Highlights teacher training needs for LA. Teachers should be provided with tools that help them orchestrate different activities including ones with digital tools underpinned by a constructionist pedagogy.

Computer Programming: A Case Study of Teaching Loop Statement by Using an Interactive Educational Game

Computer Programming: A Case Study of Teaching Loop Statement by Using an Interactive Educational Game

Enhancing Knowledge and Self-Care Behavior of Heart Failure Patients by Interactive Educational Board Game.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of an educational board game on heart failure (HF) patients' knowledge and self-care behavior. Methods: In this randomized controlled study with a follow-up of 3 months, 76 patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction, who had been enrolled in our multidisciplinary HF program, were divided into two groups. During their follow-up appointment at the HF clinic usually 2 weeks after discharge, the interventional group participated in an HF educational board game conducted in Thai language, while the control group received the usual care including standard education. The primary outcome was the change of score achieved in the specialized HF knowledge and self-care behavior assessment. Results: In the intervention group, the knowledge and self-care behavior significantly improved (all P < 0.001), whereas both scores were unchanged in the control group (P = 0.09 and P = 0.21). Mean score change for knowledge and self-care behavior showed greater improvement in the intervention group when compared with the control group (P < 0.002 and P < 0.006). Conclusion: Participation in an interactive educational board game resulted in an increase in the HF patients' knowledge and self-care behavior. Practice Implications: An interactive educational board game may be used as an alternative educational tool in HF patients.

Mobile Apps in Daily Learning Activities

&lt;span&gt;The use of mobile devices is increasing in daily learning activities, providing single-person use combined with interactive learning materials, simulations, voice recognition and educational games. Mobile app stores bring to learners a large amount of mobile applications, but their value and effectiveness to support these learning activities is far from being adequately studied.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;In this paper, we present our recent study related to the opportunities for smart devices to be used in school education, outlining the main obstacles and challenges. The subject of the research is students' interest in the use of multimedia mobile devices for educational purposes. The aim of the study is to establish the main determinants for the complete and purposeful application of smart devices in school education.&lt;/span&gt;

Hand Gesture Recognition with Inertial Sensors.

Dyscalculia is a learning difficulty hindering fundamental arithmetical competence. Children with dyscalculia often have difficulties in engaging in lessons taught with traditional teaching methods. In contrast, an educational game is an attractive alternative. Recent educational studies have shown that gestures could have a positive impact in learning. With the recent development of low cost wearable sensors, a gesture based educational game could be used as a tool to improve the learning outcomes particularly for children with dyscalculia. In this paper, two generic gesture recognition methods are proposed for developing an interactive educational game with wearable inertial sensors. The first method is a multilayered perceptron classifier based on the accelerometer and gyroscope readings to recognize hand gestures. As gyroscope is more power demanding and not all low-cost wearable device has a gyroscope, we have simplified the method using a nearest centroid classifier for classifying hand gestures with only the accelerometer readings. The method has been integrated into open-source educational games. Experimental results based on 5 subjects have demonstrated the accuracy of inertial sensor based hand gesture recognitions. The results have shown that both methods can recognize 15 different hand gestures with the accuracy over 93%.

Designing an augmented tabletop game for children with cognitive disabilities: The “Home game” case

AbstractThis paper presents “Home game,” a multimodal interactive educational game that supports training in independent living for children with cognitive disabilities. It is intended to be used under the supervision of educators in a rehabilitation center. The game features a variety of exercises that incorporate multimedia, virtual environments, tangible, and playful interaction to facilitate learning of the main rooms of a house, daily routines, and how to avoid inappropriate or prevent hazardous behaviors. It enhances touch‐based interaction with physical manipulation through printed cards on a tabletop setup, using a webcam to recognize and track cards on a board. This paper describes the system, along with the development process and the results of a preliminary user‐based evaluation. Furthermore, it reports the insights and lessons learned throughout the process of developing tangible educational technologies for children with cognitive impairments, in terms of functionality, interaction, and evaluation with children.