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Roland Gesthuizen; Hazel Tan; Gillian Kidman – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2025
This study explores the use of virtual worlds, specifically Minecraft, on sustainability education and cognitive skills. Using the Teaching to Inspire model as a lens, we examine how students design sustainable virtual buildings and cityscapes aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the social-ecological systems (SES) framework. Our…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Video Games, Cognitive Processes
Romero Rodríguez, Laura – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
Society is continually evolving and the needs of current generations of students are changing, deriving from the ongoing digital evolution of the whole of society. Gamification tools are increasingly being implemented in education, since previous studies have demonstrated their usefulness to foster motivation, particularly in the case of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Games, Gamification, Game Based Learning
Betül Tonbuloglu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the potential of use for computer science course designs (CSCD) created by game-based learning method. Qualitative case study was used as the research design. CSCDs created for Minecraft Education Edition (MinecraftEdu) were examined in the context of various criteria by document analysis method, and…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Science Education, Video Games, Computer Assisted Design
Esther Sackett; Lisa M. Amoroso – Management Teaching Review, 2024
Challenged by COVID-19, we sought ways to increase engagement in the virtual classroom, capitalizing on a popular multiplayer game to teach persuasion to undergraduate students. In the game "Among Us[R]," players ("Crewmates") work together to repair their spaceship before it explodes while being attacked by other players…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Video Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning
Matthew C. Mauntel – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Games have shown to be great tools for learning a variety of topics, but few games have been developed mathematics topics at the undergraduate level. One possible avenue is to pursue digital game-based learning. The game "Vector Unknown" was designed from a task from the Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra (IOLA) curriculum to connect…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics
Barbetta, Patricia M. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2023
Higher education (HE) faculty are increasingly teaching online. For many faculty, this represents a new instructional mode that comes with its own set of challenges but also with new instructional possibilities. One challenge is identifying innovative and effective active learning methods that academically engage online students. Along with other…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Active Learning
Magana, Alejandra J.; Hwang, Jisoo; Feng, Shi; Rebello, Sanjay; Zu, Tianlong; Kao, Dominic – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Previous work has identified that the benefits of learning with videogames and learning from simulations. However, recent meta-analytic work has also identified that little research directly compares learning with videogames and learning with simulations. Objectives: This study examines two learning technologies and their corresponding…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Games, Video Games, Inquiry
Eadaoin J. Slattery; Deirdre Butler; Michael O'Leary; Kevin Marshall – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
Minecraft Education is a popular digital game-based learning platform designed for use in educational settings. This study explores teachers' experiences of using Minecraft Education as an educational tool to foster the development of key competencies and skills in students. Semi-structured interviews with Irish primary school teachers (N = 11)…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Experience
Ali Alene Carr-Chellman – Issues and Trends in Educational Technology, 2019
This paper represents an update on my thoughts about gaming for learning 8 years after my TED talk (see https://www.ted.com/talks/ali_carr_chellman_ gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning) and after several longitudinal studies conducted (mostly with Dr. Jason Engerman). These ideas have evolved for me significantly, and this paper represents an…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Learner Engagement, Ethnography
Elisabetta M. Cigognini; Andrea Nardi – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2024
This study aims to explore the educational potential of Minecraft as a learning environment that supports active teaching methods, especially in remote contexts. It presents the experience of remote laboratory teaching within the MineClass project conducted from 2018 to 2021, addressing the challenges posed by the reduction of in-person and online…
Descriptors: Video Games, Game Based Learning, Technology Uses in Education, COVID-19
Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis