"CityVille": Collaborative Game Play, Communication and Skill Development in Social Networks

Autor/inn/en	Del-Moral, María-Esther; Guzmán-Duque, Alba-Patricia
Titel	"CityVille": Collaborative Game Play, Communication and Skill Development in Social Networks
Quelle	In: Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 3 (2014) 1, S.11-19 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2254-7339
Schlagwörter	Video Games; Social Media; Simulated Environment; Educational Games; Teaching Methods; Cooperation; Skill Development; Interpersonal Communication; Questionnaires; Online Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Likert Scales; Colombia; Italy; Mexico; Spain; Germany; Canada; United States; Brazil; Paraguay; Angola; Austria; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Soziale Medien; Künstliche Umwelt; Educational game; Lernspiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Co-operation; Kooperation; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Likert-Skala; Kolumbien; Italien; Mexiko; Spanien; Deutschland; Kanada; USA; Brasilien; Österreich; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This paper has as its aim to analyze how CityVille, a videogame hosted on Facebook and oriented to the construction of a virtual city, can favor collaboration between gamers along with the exchange of strategies, equally contributing to learning transfer and skill acquisition. The first step consists in identifying the opportunities which the said game can offer in order to develop skills and promote learning formats linked with planning and resource management, after which a presentation is made of the opinions expressed by a sample of gamers (N = 105)--belonging to the Fans-CityVille community--about the priorities established by them to communicate with their neighbors and the skills that they believe to have acquired playing this game. 85.7% of them state that they communicate with others to share strategies and expand their city. Unlike women, who value collaboration, men prioritize competition. Designing their city has enhanced a number of gamer skills in different proportions: creative skills (71.4%); organizational ones (68.0%); skills associated with decision-making and problem-solving (67.0%); and interpersonal skills through interaction with others (61.9%). The CityVille game mode favors skill development and helps to create a ludic atmosphere of collaboration and optimal strategy exchange through communication between neighbors by strengthening their mutual relationships. Its formula moves away from the often-criticized competitive practices of other games. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Alicante. Carretera San Vincente del Raspeig, Alicante, 03690, Spain. Tel: +34-96-590-3721; Fax: +35-96-590-3464; e-mail: editor.naerjournal@ua.es; Web site: https://naerjournal.ua.es
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01