An Evaluation of the Added Value of Co-Design in the Development of an Educational Game for Road Safety

Autor/inn/en	All, Anissa; Van Looy, Jan; Castellar, Elena Patricia Nuñez
Titel	An Evaluation of the Added Value of Co-Design in the Development of an Educational Game for Road Safety
Quelle	In: International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 3 (2013) 1, S.1-17 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-6849
Schlagwörter	Traffic Safety; Educational Games; Design; Computer Games; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Adolescents; Research Methodology; Foreign Countries; Focus Groups; Interviews; High School Students; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Telekommunikationstechnik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Belgien
Abstract	This study explores the added value of co-design in addition to other innovation research methods in the process of developing a serious game design document for a road safety game. The sessions aimed at exploring 4 aspects of a location-based game experience: themes, game mechanics, mobile phone applications and locations for mini-games. In total, 72 adolescents between 15 and 18 years participated in five co-design sessions lead by a researcher and a professional game designer. The sessions provided useful input regarding the aspects the authors wished to explore. The sessions were especially useful in gathering input on scoring systems, ways to give instructions about next tasks and organizing level systems. In sum, their study indicates that co-design can be a source of additional ideas on top of other research methods such as state of the art analysis and expert consultation and thus lead to more effective interactive content creation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01