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The Psychological Well-Being of Children Who Play Digital Games during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Abdullah Atan – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has had serious effects on children in early childhood as well as on all age groups. Detecting and examining these effects with various studies is vitally important. Hence, current research aims to examine the relationship between digital play addiction tendencies and psychological well-being levels of 5- to 6-year-old…
Descriptors: Young Children, COVID-19, Pandemics, Well Being
Educational Computer Game for Earthquake
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Ince, Ebru Yilmaz; Sancak, Murat Emre – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2022
Earthquakes are the movements of the earth's crust that originate in the ground, and they are one of the natural disasters that frighten people because they occur suddenly and often cause great loss of life and property. Earthquake natural disaster is the reality of Turkey and it is important to raise public awareness on this issue. Thanks to the…
Descriptors: Seismology, Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Computer Games
Comparison of the Digital Game, Drills, and Traditional Education Methods in Terms of Motivation in Earthquake Education
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Çoban, Murat; Göktas, Yüksel – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2023
This research aims to investigate the impact of three different training methods (digital game, drill, and traditional education) on the motivation of the students to teach earthquake preparedness and earthquake prevention knowledge to primary school students. The explanatory design from the mixed-methods research was used in the study. The sample…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Seismology, Emergency Programs, Computer Games
Which Training Method Is More Effective in Earthquake Training: Digital Game, Drill, or Traditional Training?
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Çoban, Murat; Göktas, Yüksel – Smart Learning Environments, 2022
One of the most important reasons for deaths and injuries caused by earthquakes is that society does not have sufficient knowledge of appropriate protective behaviors during an earthquake. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of different educational practices in providing primary school students with the knowledge of…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Seismology, Emergency Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
Designing Mixed Reality Mobile Games for Crisis Management Training
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Di Loreto, Ines; Mora, Simone; Divitini, Monica – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
Games for crisis management offer an interesting complement to traditional training. Experiments on their usage show that games can be promising tools able to address some of the limitations of traditional training. Also our first assessment with a board game for panic management shows that this particular kind of game could be useful for soft…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications
ALFIL: A Crowd Simulation Serious Game for Massive Evacuation Training and Awareness
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García-García, César; Fernández-Robles, José Luis; Larios-Rosillo, Victor; Luga, Hervé – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2012
This article presents the current development of a serious game for the simulation of massive evacuations. The purpose of this project is to promote self-protection through awareness of the procedures and different possible scenarios during the evacuation of a massive event. Sophisticated behaviors require massive computational power and it has…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Educational Games, Crisis Management