Title :
Perfect PAPA©: Designing and Evaluating Digital Instructional Game Combining Situated Learning and Role-playing Strategies for Life Skill Training
Author :
Chen, Hao ; Hou, Huei-Tse ; Chou, Yi-Shiuan ; Lai, Si-Nga ; Wu, Yi-Syuan
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Appl. Sci. & Technol., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Developing learners´ life skills become an important research issue. This study design and evaluate a digital instructional game combining situated learning and role-playing strategies for life skill training. Through the empirical evaluation, this study preliminarily explored learners´ attitudes toward usefulness, ease of use and game elements. Finally, this paper also discusses the potential and limitations of this game.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; program testing; teaching; Perfect PAPA; digital instructional game evaluation; digital teaching game; game design; game elements; learner attitude; learner life skills development; life skill training; role-playing strategy; situated learning; usefulness; Decision making; Educational institutions; Games; Problem-solving; Resource management; Training; game-based training; role-playing; situated learning;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL), 2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0885-4
DOI :
10.1109/DIGITEL.2012.41
