Developing and Testing a Mobile Learning Games Framework

Autor/inn/en	Busch, Carsten; Claßnitz, Sabine; Selmanagic,, André; Steinicke, Martin
Titel	Developing and Testing a Mobile Learning Games Framework
Quelle	In: Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 13 (2015) 3, S.151-166 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-4403
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Games; Educational Technology; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Design; Teaching Methods; Informal Education; Private Education; Mathematics Education; Science Education; Quasiexperimental Design; Robotics; Grade 5; Grade 6; Elementary School Students; Grade 7; Grade 8; Geography; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Educational game; Lernspiel; Unterrichtsmedien; Telekommunikationstechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Privatunterricht; Mathematische Bildung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Robotertechnik; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Geografie; Deutschland
Abstract	In 2010 1.1 million pupils took private lessons in Germany, with 25% of all German children by the age of 17 having attended paid private lessons at some point in their school career (Klemm & Klemm, 2010). The high demand for support for learning curricular content led us to consider an integrated solution that speeds up both the design of mobile learning games as well as their implementation and adaption. This paper describes the iterative development of a game development framework for touch-based mobile learning games. The framework focuses on touch-controlled interaction due to the fact that in 2014 more than 87% of German teenagers possess a smart phone with touch input (Feierabend, Plankenhorn, Rathgeb, 2014) as well as the possibility to engage in short bursts of learning experiences during their idle time, e.g. when commuting. The framework consists of a conceptual component that specifies five different game modes for casual mobile learning games. The technical part of the framework builds on the Unity game engine and offers an architecture that mirrors the game modes and objects from the conceptual part as well as a layer of service building blocks that cover generic functionality like logging, high score management or social media integration. The development of the framework is iterative and cyclic in that each produced game enriches the framework, which in turn accelerates the prototyping and development of further games. Additionally the games themselves are developed and tested iteratively, both concerning usability/user-experience and transfer, which is described in this paper. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01