Games to support problem-based learning

Author

Andrade, A. ; Gouveia, D. ; Nogueira, F. ; Russo, P. ; Vaz de Carvalho, C.

Author_Institution

Virtual Campus Lda, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2015

fDate

17-20 June 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

How can a game be used to motivate students towards a specific scientific area and, at the same time, support those students in the development of personal and social skills? eCity online game is an educational platform based on a city simulation engine designed to support Problem Based Learning (PBL) in the STEM area. The game is used to motivate high school students for an academic course in science and engineering helping to solve one of the current problems of society: the lack of students and professionals in these areas. Initial results have been promising in the motivation and satisfaction of the involved students and teachers.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; serious games (computing); PBL; STEM; academic course; eCity online game; high school students; personal skills development; problem-based learning; science-technology-engineering-mathematics education; social skills development; student development; Conferences; Engineering education; Europe; Games; Internet; Presses; Educational games; Educational methodology; Problem-based learning; Serious games;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2015 10th Iberian Conference on

Conference_Location

Aveiro

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISTI.2015.7170621

Filename

7170621