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Aldo Gordillo; Daniel Lopez-Fernandez – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
Contribution: This article analyzes the learning effectiveness of a virtual educational escape room for teaching software engineering and compares this activity with traditional teaching through a randomized controlled trial. Background: Educational escape rooms have been used across a wide variety of disciplines at all levels of education and…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Software, Conventional Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Min Lan; Xiaofeng Zhou – npj Science of Learning, 2025
This systematic review explores the burgeoning intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications and self-regulated learning (SRL) in higher education. Aiming to synthesize empirical studies, we employed a qualitative approach to scrutinize AI's role in supporting SRL processes. Through a meticulous selection process adhering to PRISMA…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Self Management, College Students
Adam Dabrowski; Ayako Yokogawa – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2025
Flow is described as a state in which people become so involved or engrossed in an activity that nothing else seems to matter (Csikszentmihalyi, 2009). This state of consciousness seems to occur when a person is involved in a task and seemingly unable to stop. Flow states are marked by (a) a perceived balance of skills and challenge, (b)…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Game Based Learning, Vocabulary, Attention
Chen, Man-Ying; Tang, Joni Tzuchen – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
In higher education, many universities in Taiwan let college students learn excel in a self-directed way. The current axle of the Excel curriculum mainly relies on self-directed learning. In the study, we designed the digital game "Legendary Wizard Excel" and took a certified Excel textbook as the research tool. The game we designed…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Software, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Grobelina, Iwona; Mazurkiewicz, Malgorzata; Janus, Damian – Informatics in Education, 2023
Background: Petri nets are a formal specification technique for modelling of control processes and modern flexible manufacturing systems. Interpreted Petri nets take into account input and output signals, allowing to apply them in any control system or even in control part of a cyber-physical system. Due to the fact that Petri nets are not used in…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, College Students, Student Attitudes
Udeozor, Chioma; Russo-Abegão, Fernando; Glassey, Jarka – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2023
Digital games are considered relevant in higher education due to their ability to foster authentic, active and experiential learning opportunities that are of importance in engineering education. However, as a relatively new pedagogical tool, there is the need to understand the perceptions of engineering students as well as to identify factors…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Video Games, Game Based Learning, College Students
Elina Jääskä; Jaakko Kujala; Kirsi Aaltonen – Cogent Education, 2023
The earned value management (EVM) is a project management method for monitoring and controlling project expenditure and progress. Teaching EVM is challenging as the method may appear theoretical, mathematical, and disconnected from the uncertainty of real-life projects. Educational games have been suggested as one method to influence students'…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness, Educational Games
Rich Paul Cooper; Jonan Phillip Donaldson; Mahjabin Chowdhury; Jonathan M. Mitchell – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2024
"The Ballad of Proxima-B" is an educational RPG that promotes learning and collaboration. Students contribute to world-building and game mechanics, creating fictional worlds and characters, including a dystopian Earth, the planet Proxima-B, and alien races. The game incorporates constructivist, constructionist, and Dynamic Systems Model…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Role Playing, Science Fiction
Almås, Håvard; Pinkow, Felix; Giaever, Fay – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
While the use of games for learning in higher education is well established, existing research provides limited understanding of individual experiences that shape engagement and learning in collaborative learning games. Insights into players' individual experiences can, however, contribute to a more nuanced utilization of learning games and to…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Learning Experience, College Students, Cooperative Learning
Jacobson, Sarah – Journal of Economic Education, 2023
The economic theory of natural resource exploitation predicts that scarcity crises will not arise because forward-looking resource owners will smooth their extraction over time to maximize their profits. The model providing this result can seem opaque and technical to students, but its intuition can be learned from experience. The author shares a…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Game Based Learning, Mining, Role Playing
Integration of Game-Based Learning to Teach Levels of Measurement in Research Methods and Statistics
Storm, Colin H.; Penner, Anna – Communication Teacher, 2023
Students typically find research methods and statistics classes intimidating. In particular, learning different types of data measurement and operationalization can take significant time and practice to understand. Utilizing a pedagogical approach that turns a party game into a fun exercise, students collaboratively learn to operationalize…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistics, Game Based Learning, Educational Games
Patiño, Azeneth; Ramírez-Montoya, María Soledad; Buenestado-Fernández, Mariana – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
This article focuses on empirically analyzing the final products designed by 147 academics from 11 countries who participated in an international open education movement workshop by answering the research questions "What are the techno-pedagogical components of the products designed by the participants to encourage the open educational…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Thinking Skills, Training, Case Studies
Ying Zhang – Applied Linguistics, 2025
A small number of studies have explored the effects of digital gaming on second/foreign language (L2) pragmatic competence. However, the effectiveness of massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) germane to L2 pragmatic development remains unclear because most game-mediated pragmatics studies have focused on educational games.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Game Based Learning, Computer Games
Dmitrii Pastushenkov; Olesia Pavlenko; Steven Clancy – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
In this article, we delve into the application of the online game-based learning and testing platform Kahoot! with second language (L2) learners of Russian and explore how this tool can enhance our students' experiences. Following a brief overview of digital game-based learning (DGBL) and previous research on L2 learning through Kahoot!, we…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Game Based Learning, Second Language Instruction, Russian
McCarthy, Shannon – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2022
Games in the classroom is not a new concept. Simulations, board games, and online games are popular methods of incorporating game-based learning or gamification into the classroom. However, newer and more humor-based games popular with student populations, such as Cards Against Humanity, a popular card-based party game, have produced some…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Marketing, Business Administration Education, Humor