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Talk given at the EduTech 2009, Milano, Italy
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EDU-TECH 2009, 24 september 2009, Milano
http://www.e-ucm.es
Games as a Didactic Tools: Integrating Educational
Videogames in the Learning Flow
Baltasar Fernández-Manjón
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Outline
Introduction about games, learning
Issues to address for applying videogames
Examples of educational videogames
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Examples of application of <e-Adventure>
Integrating specific games devices in the learning flow
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Can be the games used as a didactic tools?
What is the potential of videogames in education?
Other questions How to use videogames in education? What can be teach using videogames? When to use videogames? Where videogames will be played?
Videogames are very expensive. It is the use of educational videogames cost-effective?
What is the role of the teacher when videogames are used?
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Learning and motivation
Highly motivated students learn better
Difficult to obtain student attention 10 minutes myth
Theory of “Flow”
The reason (kids) don't like school is not that the work is too hard, but that it is utterly boring (Seymour Papert)
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Games and motivation
Games are … Highly interactive Engaging Fun to play!
But also … Are difficult to learn Include complex rules that the user need to discover
by playing Are very complex to master
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Games characteristics
Basically, a game is an abstract world where some goals should be obtained following some rules
Fun elements Conflict and challenge Fantasy and curiosity Perception of the advance Progressive difficulty Feedback
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Teachers point of view
“A game can be didactic, but is something to do in your free time. In any case it is not compatible with the every day school routine in an average school.”
“I have previously been a believer in using comercial games –COTS-. However, although COTS bring so many advantages on the motivational side it just makes it really difficult to get started (hardware, license issues, time-to-get-started, off-topic elements). Great teachers can use COTS with great results but for mainstream teaching I fear it will be too difficult.”
Obtained from “The Games in Schools Community of Practice Report”D. Robertson. European Schoolnet 2009
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Identified problems
Difficult for teachers to identify what is pedagogically relevant (possible connections between game and curriculum)
Difficult to promote educational potential of video games in the teaching profession
Lack of time and resources needed to become familiarized with the game environments and to develop pedagogical scenarios adapted to the curriculum
Difficult to concentrate exclusively on the relevant elements of a game due to number of functions that can distract users
Considerable effort that teachers should deploy to ensure that students are in step with game instructions
Technical access and usage problems of hardware/software.
Obtained from “The Games in Schools Community of Practice Report”D. Robertson. European Schoolnet 2009
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Virtual Leader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsEIzNukHcc
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Objection!
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Civilization
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Brain Training
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Virtual Learning Environments
E-learning platforms
e-learning platforms are very common in many educational institutions Moodle, Blackboard
e-learning infrastructure can be used to deploy and integrate the educational videogames in the learning flow
EducationalGames
- Web-based
- Driven by standards & specifications to guarantee interoperability
- Desktop applications
- Closed products, do not tend to reuse
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<e-Adventure>
Authoring environment for the production of point-and-click adventure games & immersive learning simulations
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<e-Adventure>: main characteristics
Reduce the development and maintenance costs
Involve the instructors in the design and development
Focus on adventure videogames Story is more important than action
Games are packed as a Learning Objects using the “de facto” standards IMS Content Packaging IEEE Learning Object Metadata
Videogames can be automatically deployed in an e-learning platform Moodle BlackBoard-WebCT
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<e-Adventure> educational features
In-book games To provide factual knowledge to the student
User tracking and assessment the relevant situations can be detected and included in
a report that can be used for auto evaluation or assessment purposes
Adaptive games The designer can include an adaptation profile for
changing the behaviour of the game (e.g. initial state)
Produced games can be stored in a repository of educational contents AGREGA Spanish Ministry of Education central
repository for learning contents
Teacher as a game producer? Web 2.0?
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Hematocrito
In collaboration with the Complutense Medical School
Practical work in an interactive simulation with game elements
Tested with 75 actual students with promising results
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Computer Science Training!
Integrating LMS with portable game devices (Nintendo DS)
The game is played in the NDS but it is configured from the Moodle platform
Moodle receives the outcome of the game for evaluation purposes
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CS Training!
Types of games
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CS Training!
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More about <e-Adventure>
Mobile devices are everywhere with new powerful capabilities
<m-Adventure> Export the games for mobile devices Same editor y different devices
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Other <e-ucm> initiatives
Integration of platforms and virtual worlds
Moodle provides services for the multiverse world
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Discussion
Games are not the silver bullet but can be a very powerful educational resource if included in the learning flow
Include the teacher in the loop
Simplify the task of the teacher Facilitating the integration of games in Virtual Learning
Environments, just as another learning resource Include automatic assessment for game-based
learning activities
Next steps … It is necessary to identify good practices in using
games Domains Success stories
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Thank you!
Any Question?Any Question?
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