Iterative User and Expert Feedback in the Design of an Educational Virtual Reality Biology Game

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Annie; Thompson, Meredith; Roy, Dan; Pan, Katharine; Perry, Judy; Tan, Philip; Eberhart, Rik; Klopfer, Eric
Titel	Iterative User and Expert Feedback in the Design of an Educational Virtual Reality Biology Game
Quelle	In: Interactive Learning Environments, 30 (2022) 4, S.677-694 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Annie) ORCID (Thompson, Meredith) ORCID (Roy, Dan) ORCID (Klopfer, Eric)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1049-4820
DOI	10.1080/10494820.2019.1678489
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Computer Games; Computer Simulation; Instructional Design; Science Instruction; Biology; High School Students; Cytology; Student Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Biologie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Zytologie
Abstract	This study focuses on an educational game titled "Cellverse," a two-player cross-platform VR project intended to teach high school biology students about cell structure and function. In "Cellverse," players work in pairs to explore a human lung cell and diagnose and treat a dangerous genetic disorder. "Cellverse" is being designed by the Collaborative Learning Environments in Virtual Reality (CLEVR) team, an interdisciplinary team consisting of game designers, educational researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students. Using a design-based research approach, we have enlisted the help of both subject matter experts and user testers to iteratively design and improve "Cellverse." The objective of this paper is to share how user and expert feedback can inform and enhance the development of learning games. We describe how we gather and synthesize information to review and revise our game from in-game observations, semi-structured interviews, and video data. We discuss the input of subject matter experts, present feedback from our user testers, and describe how input from both parties influenced the design of "Cellverse." Our results suggest that including feedback from both experts and users has provided information that can clarify gameplay, instruction, subject portrayal, narrative, and in-game goals. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01