Use of games in a model hydroelectric power plant to foster interest in STEM education

Author

Graven, O.H. ; Samuelsen, D.A.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. for Technol., Buskerud Univ. Coll., Kongsberg, Norway

fYear

2012

fDate

26-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The system described in this paper is created as a demonstration aimed at pupils in secondary schools and further education, for energy conversion as is done in hydroelectric power plants. In order to engage and motivate the users, a games based approach is implemented to encourage the pupils to use the system and not only be passive viewers of a demonstration of the principles involved. A full set of requirements, design and implementation is described. The system has been tested on multiple groups of pupils over the last two years.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer games; educational institutions; further education; hydroelectric power stations; power engineering computing; power engineering education; user interfaces; STEM education; energy conversion; further education; games based learning; hydroelectric power plants; science-technology-engineering-and-mathematical education; secondary schools; Control systems; Educational institutions; Games; Power generation; Valves; Energy Conversion; Games based Learning; promoting STEM education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2012 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Villach

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2425-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2426-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICL.2012.6402053

Filename

6402053