Game-Construction Students Experiences of Educational Games--Gaming Outcomes and Learning Outcomes

Autor/in	Mozelius, Peter
Titel	Game-Construction Students Experiences of Educational Games--Gaming Outcomes and Learning Outcomes
Quelle	In: ICTE Journal, 7 (2018) 2, S.5-16 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1805-3726
DOI	10.1515/ijicte-2018-0005
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Game Based Learning; Outcomes of Education; Student Attitudes; Student Experience; Essays; Study Habits; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Transfer of Training; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Skill Development; Learning Processes; Video Games; Communication Skills; Interpersonal Competence; Urban Planning; Mathematics Skills; Student Motivation; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Ausland; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Kommunikationsstil; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Stadtplanung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulische Motivation; Schweden
Abstract	Game-based learning has been a rapidly expanding field in the 21th century, with research reports praising the motivational effects and learning outcomes of games. At the same time there have been doubts on the learning outcomes of even the most seriously designed learning games. The generation that today enrols for university programmes is in general a gaming generation, and game construction students are often so called hard core gamers. What are the game construction students' experiences of educational games, and what are their perceived learning outcomes? This study is based on student essays on gaming habits and game-based learning outcomes, written by students taking a course on game-based learning. Essays from four course batches have been thematically analysed to answer the two research questions. Findings show that students have a rich experience of various kinds of games, but that they do not make any clear distinction between games developed for educational purposes, and other games. Students also perceive that there are cognitive, behavioural as well as affective learning outcomes from both standard entertainment games, and more serious learning games. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01