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Direct linkCoelho, Franz; Abreu, Ana Maria – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Entertainment games have traditionally been articulated as leisure. However, they have also been used in the work context, in the form of serious games or gamification. In this qualitative research, we aimed to investigate the purpose of games used in the work context. To accomplish this, we conducted six semi-structured interviews and analyzed…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Gamification, Job Training, Work Environment
Bae, Haesol; Feng, Chen; Glazewski, Krista; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Chen, Yuxin; Mott, Bradford W.; Lee, Seung Y.; Lester, James C. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2023
Because implementing and orchestrating collaborative problem-based learning (PBL) in K-12 classrooms requires teachers to manage multiple activities and access various teaching resources at the same time, this is an exceptionally complex task for designers to develop tools for orchestration support as well as for teachers to coordinate. The aim of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes
Benjamin Emihovich – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Serious games, board games, and well-designed commercial video games represent emerging technologies that have been utilized by instructors to help students develop systems thinking skills. In this paper, the author proposes an innovative pedagogical framework that can support educators using digital game-based learning in higher education. By…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Thinking Skills, Systems Approach
Snelson, Chareen – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Quest-based learning (QBL) is a choice-driven approach that integrates game elements in a gamified or game-based learning environment. A scoping review of the research literature was conducted to examine the extent, range and nature of the QBL research activity, how the approach has been used in educational practice and what benefits or…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Benefits, Educational Practices, Feasibility Studies
José Alexis Alonso-Sánchez; Juan L. Núñez Alonso; Elisa Santana-Monagas – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Teachers are generally focused on optimizing the teaching-learning process and fostering high levels of student engagement, participation, and motivation. To address this challenge, this work presents a gamification experience implemented to teach content related to family involvement and educational programs in two courses--one at master's degree…
Descriptors: Gamification, Masters Programs, Undergraduate Study, College Students
Case, Adam – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
This article presents an experimental first-year seminar that uses game-based learning to develop the creative problem-solving abilities of first-year college students at a mid-sized university. A discussion on how the computer game, "The Witness," was incorporated into the first-year seminar is given along with an overview of teaching…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking
