Educational Mobile Game Research Articles

From E-Learning to M-Learning - the use of Mixed Reality Games as a new Educational Paradigm

This paper analyses different definitions of mobile learning which have been proposed by various researchers. The most distinctive features of mobile learning are extracted to propose a new definition for Mobile Educational Mixed Reality Games (MEMRG). A questionnaire and a quantifying scale are designed to assist the game developers in designing MEMRG. A new psycho-pedagogical approach to teaching is proposed for MEMRG. This methodology is based on the theme of â??conversationâ?? between different actors of the learning community with the objective of building the architectural framework for MEMRG.

Discover Mathematics on Mobile Devices using Gaming Approach

Mobile device has become a common gadget among the society. The once known only for the wealthy, the device allows people to communicate, work and play. Playing mobile games in mobile devices has become a trend as it can be played anywhere, anytime. Mobile device has properties like portability, connectivity and social interactivity that make it a preferred platform for learning. Hence, the usage of mobile devices can be expanded to mobile learning, where the learning environment is not restricted in classroom only. Computer games can also be highly effective in increasing children's learning and enjoyments of mathematics. By combining the fun factor of mobile games, the flexibility of mobile learning and the benefits of games, mobile educational games was developed. This paper discusses the model for the development of a mobile educational game for primary one mathematics education. The model describes the components that are required for the development of a mobile learning. The components for the model are the learning theories, learning approach, gaming approach, and the delivery medium. The prototype development process combines the instructional systems design and the game development approach. The developed prototype has been successfully tested using the functionality test which tested the govern on stability, correctness of game mechanics and integrity of game assets. The result showed that learning Mathematics on the mobile devices through gaming approach is possible and can become a promising alternative learning approach.

Investigating Attitudes of Adult Educators towards Educational Mobile Media and Games in Eight European Countries

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Eric Klopfer: Augmented Learning: Research and Design of Mobile Educational Games

The history of educational technologies is one of ups, downs and far too many 'no significant effects.' Resnick (2002) writes "In most places where new technologies are being used in education today, the technologies are used simply to reinforce outmoded approaches to learning... ideas about and approaches to teaching and learning remain largely unchanged" (p. 32). To properly investigate the impact of these technologies, a holistic approach to investigating their uses is needed an approach that looks not only at what they can replace, but what affordances they bring and how they can shape the learning and teaching that takes place in the classroom. Into this environment comes Eric Klopfer' s Augmented Learning, published by the MIT Press in 2008. Klopfer' s stated goal for Augmented Learning, to describe "the educational and gaming landscapes" in which mobile learning games are located, directly responds to Resnick' s critique. In Augmented Learning, Klopfer situates us in the larger culture that surrounds the field of educational mobile games. He offers us the historical antecedents of mobile learning games and discusses how they can respond to and shape today's learning needs. By situated the field both historically and culturally in this wider context, Klopfer lays a strong foundation for his assertion that mobile learning games have potential "to make a substantial impact on education" (p ix). While much of the literature on technology integration in education stems from a 'solution looking for a problem,' Klopfer begins his narrative more appropriately by discussing the changing climate in which education exists today: new priorities, philosophies and strategies.

Design considerations in mobile educational games

The starting point of every refl ection upon new teaching methods has to be the comprehension that new technologies applied to learning methodology give us the possibility to arrange a teaching system focused on the real cognitive processes of our brain. The proliferation of the internet in every field of study is inducing new ways of representing, preserving, and passing on knowledge, which has signifi cant consequences to our manner of thinking and processing data. This paper discusses the changes that this new phenomenon could induce to the future of teaching and learning the methodology of law, and presents an analysis of the several tools involved in this process.