The Effects of the Size and Weight of a Mobile Device on an Educational Game

Autor/inn/en	Furio, David; Gonzalez-Gancedo, Santiago; Juan, M.-Carmen; Segui, Ignacio; Costa, Maria
Titel	The Effects of the Size and Weight of a Mobile Device on an Educational Game
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 64 (2013), S.24-41 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2012.12.015
Schlagwörter	Computer Interfaces; Handheld Devices; Educational Games; Computer Games; Computer Uses in Education; Water; Comparative Analysis; Usability; Children; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Technology; Computer Simulation; Simulated Environment; Learner Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Computernutzung; Wasser; Child; Kind; Kinder; Unterrichtserfolg; Unterrichtsmedien; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Künstliche Umwelt
Abstract	In this paper, we present an educational game for an iPhone and a Tablet PC. The main objective of the game was to reinforce children's knowledge about the water cycle. The game included different interaction forms like the touch screen and the accelerometer and combined AR mini-games with non-AR mini-games for better gameplay immersion. The main differences between the two devices were screen size and weight. A comparative study to check how these differences affect different aspects was carried out. Seventy-nine children from 8 to 10 years old participated in the study. From the results, we observed that the different characteristics (screen size and weight) of the devices did not influence the children's acquired knowledge, engagement, satisfaction, ease of use, or AR experience. There was only a statistically significant difference for the global score in which the iPhone was scored higher. We would like to highlight that the scores for the two devices and for all the questions were very high with means of over 4 (on a scale from 1 to 5). These positive results suggest that games of this kind could be appropriate educational games and that the mobile device used may not be a decisive factor. (Contains 5 tables and 13 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10