A Psycho-Pedagogical Framework for Multi-Adaptive Educational Games

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Author(s): Michael D. Kickmeier-Rust (University of Graz, Austria), Elke Mattheiss (University of Graz, Austria), Christina Steiner (University of Graz, Austria)and Dietrich Albert (University of Graz, Austria)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 15
Source title: Developments in Current Game-Based Learning Design and Deployment
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Patrick Felicia (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1864-0.ch008

Keywords: Applied E-Learning / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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One of the trump cards of digital educational games is their enormous intrinsic motivational potential. Although learning game design is often understood on a one-fits-all level, the actual motivational strength of an educational game strongly depends on the individual learners, their very specific goals, preferences, abilities, strength and weakness, personality, and experiences with gaming. Considering motivation being a fragile and constantly changing state, it is important to continuously assess learning and gaming processes and the oscillations of motivation and immersion within a game. With this premise in mind, the authors developed a psycho-pedagogical approach to a non-invasive embedded assessment of motivational states and learning progress, feeding into a dynamic, ontology-driven learner (and gamer) model. To evaluate the approach, the demonstrator games were subject to intensive quantitative and qualitative experimental research. Results show that a meaningful personalization and an individual support are key factors of the success of learning games.

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