An Open Perspective for Educational Games

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Author(s): Ismar Frango Silveira (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil)and Klinge Orlando Villalba-Condori (Universidad Nacional San Agustín, Arequipa, Peru)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 12
Source title: Research Anthology on Developments in Gamification and Game-Based Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3710-0.ch028

Keywords: Educational Technologies / Gaming in Education / Information Science Reference / Knowledge Management and Library Science

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In the field of computers in education, educational digital games have potential to involve more issues of motivation and involvement, considering their possibilities for higher level of interaction and engagement. However, years of research have shown that the impact of educational games is lower than expected, especially the difficulty to adapt them to different educational contexts, such as with different educational, linguistic, cultural and social aspects. In that sense, this article presents an open perspective on the development of educational games, emphasizing the challenges related to their development and their effective potential for use in education, proposing that they be designed as Open Educational Resources (OER). From this perspective, it is expected to support communities that would aggregate developers (programmers, game designers, media producers, etc.) and users (teachers and students) so they can work collaboratively in creating educational games in an open way.

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