ERIC Number: EJ1041320
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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Introducing Serious Games with Wikis: Empowering the Teacher with Simple Technologies
van Rosmalen, Peter; Westera, Wim
Interactive Learning Environments, v22 n5 p564-577 2014
Despite the continuous and abundant growth of the game market the uptake of games in education has been hampered by the general impression that games require complex technologies and that games are difficult to organise and to embed in education curriculums. This article explores to what extent a simple serious game scenario that can be easily adopted and adapted by individual teachers and that only uses a common, relatively simple technology can leverage the adoption of serious games. It discusses the design of such a game, Argument, based on a Wiki and its use in a six weeks trial by students of a Master of Learning Sciences Programme. The results indicate that, even though a Wiki has clear limitations, it is a useful instrument to build game alike educational activities, to gain experience with and as a first step to use (more) complex serious games.
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Educational Games, Teacher Empowerment, Barriers, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Technology Integration, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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