Presentation at ED-Media 2012, Denver

1. Fun – A Prerequisite
for Learning Games
Christoph Hannak, Michael Pilz, Martin Ebner

2. • Theory of games in education
• General concept
• Duell & GPS Mode
• Joker
• Teacher‘s opportunities
• Evaluation

3. • Theory of games in education
• General concept
• Duell & GPS Mode
• Joker
• Teacher‘s opportunities
• Evaluation

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9. • Theory of games in education
• General concept
• Duell & GPS Mode
• Joker
• Teacher‘s opportunities
• Evaluation

10. General concept
• Part of students’ daily life
• Basic idea is that users play again each other
• Each player can choose his opponent
• 15 questions in asynchronous duel mode or GPS-based
mode
• Jokers, statistics, backend for teachers ...

11. • Theory of games in education
• General concept
• Duell & GPS Mode
• Joker
• Teacher‘s opportunities
• Evaluation

12. Duell & GPS Mode
• Duel operates asynchronously (offline mode)
• GPS Mode gives the opportunity to link a set of
statements to GPS coordinates and can only be played
in case the user is close to the given location
coordinates

13. Home Screen

14. Duell Menu

15. Game

16. Duel Result Screen

17. • Theory of games in education
• General concept
• Duell & GPS Mode
• Joker
• Teacher‘s opportunities
• Evaluation

18. Joker
• Use a joker against your opponents; can be bought
with credits earned through level-ups and
achievements
• Fun jokers were implemented purely for gamification
• Learning jokers complement the fun aspect of the
game using learning techniques

19. Ballon Joker

20. Splatter and Ballon Joker

21. Reverse Joker

22. • Theory of games in education
• General concept
• Duell & GPS Mode
• Joker
• Teacher‘s opportunities
• Evaluation

23. Teacher‘s opportunities
• opportunity to create a set of statements about
arbitrary topics
• share these set of statements with the students
• receive feedback about the knowledge of his students
• GPS sets can be a creative way to foster location
based knowledget

24. • Theory of games in education
• General concept
• Duell & GPS Mode
• Joker
• Teacher‘s opportunities
• Evaluation

25. Evaluation
• N=20 (age 18 – 26)
• 150 statements (geography, chemistry, mathematics)
• 15 rounds per user, 15 statements per round

26. Research Queston 1: Does playing the game result in a
better user performance in the long run?

27. Research Question 2: Do the implemented jokers make
the game more fun to play?

28. Research Question 3: Are statistics as well as score
essential for the game?

29. Research Question 4: Are location-based questions an
innovative and challenging part of the game?

30. Conclusion & Discussion
• Increasing results after a several games
• Jokers, location-based service and game goodies
enhance motivation
• Content of questions is manigfold
• Learning in a funny and innovative way

31. Graz University of Technology
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SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
mebner http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
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