Contextualized Mobile Game-Based Learning Application for Computing Education

Autor/inn/en	Yadav, Alok Kumar; Oyelere, Solomon Sunday
Titel	Contextualized Mobile Game-Based Learning Application for Computing Education
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 26 (2021) 3, S.2539-2562 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yadav, Alok Kumar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-020-10373-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Handheld Devices; Educational Games; Game Based Learning; Computer Science Education; Programming; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Computer Oriented Programs; Mathematics; Required Courses; Usability; Nepal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Educational game; Lernspiel; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Programmierung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Computerprogramm; Mathematik; Pflichtkurs
Abstract	This paper intends to present an overview of a mobile game-based learning application, BaghLearn that develops and upskills programming and algorithmic knowledge by cross-curricular capabilities through a traditional world-based game. The focus of this research was to explore the learning effectiveness of BaghLearn on students. Mixed method research approach was applied to collect, process and analyze the research data in which undergraduate students who had some prior knowledge or had taken algorithm courses were instructed to test the mobile game learning application. This study exhibits the idea of integrating learning with contextual mobile game as an effective approach in understanding the influence of games towards cognitive achievements of students in computing education. In addition, there are no major requirements for the use of this application (can be maintained in resource-constrained contexts such as Nepal), which makes it expressively satisfying and useful for students who are relentlessly using mobile devices. Besides, this study evaluated the influence of BaghLearn towards learning of the design and analysis of algorithm course, which is a compulsory course for most undergraduate computing education program. Furthermore, the study findings can be used as a guideline for developing learning solutions and usability evaluation of such solutions, especially for infrastructure-constrained contexts. Students using the BaghLearn opined that the application is easy to use, supportive and lead to improved learning satisfaction. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01