Hello all,
In my recent research into the use of educational games, I have noticed that there appears to exist an overall distaste for playing them.
I was wondering - do any of you have any comprehensive, peer-reviewed papers or even books explaining why educational games are often considered to be worse or inferior to more commercially successful games? While I do have my suspicions, it would be great to gain some proper insight from others in the field.
Many thanks in advance!
- Kristoffer S. Fjællingsdal
Hello!
Maybe some of these papers can help you out?
Wish you all the best!
Michelle
Michelle Dauer Toh Weimin
Slavoljub Hilčenko
Hello, dear colleagues.
First of all - thank you so much for your suggested papers and contributions! I will read through them in detail later.
After browsing through them very briefly, I've noticed the mention of the term "gamification" quite a lot. While gamification can certainly be interesting in and by itself, my question is more explicitly about why educational games are often perceived more negatively than commercially successful games.
To explain: gamification, as I understand, is the implementation of game-like elements in real-life activities to motivate individuals, usually in businesslike settings where the gamified activity is normally considered to be boring or less rewarding. Gamification does not, therefore, necessarily involve the use of actual games - rather, it involves using the core mechanics of games (points, rewards, etc.) to motivate individuals to do something in their everyday lives.
The way I see it, gamifying an activity is a bit of a "later step" that I can consider for future research. For now, my research needs to be tied down to actual gameplay.
I'd be interested in hearing your viewpoints!
Best regards,
- Kristoffer S. Fjællingsdal
Toh Weimin
Excellent review of the literature, Mr. Weimin! I will be sure to check these sources, as they appear to be highly relevant to my question.
Best,
Kristoffer S. Fjællingsdal
You may be interested in this paper on player perceptions of games with regards to education: Conference Paper Back to the Gaming Board: Understanding Games and Education ...
Liz Owens Boltz
Many thanks for the suggestions, Liz - I did, however, request a full-text version of that paper some time ago. I can't remember receiving it, but I might have to look through my papers sometime!
If you did not get a copy, send me another request and I'd be happy to help :)
Liz Owens Boltz I would love that! I don't seem to be able to send another request here on ResearchGate however - is the full-text available elsewhere?
Kristoffer... I can't see where you found the Back to Gaming article... Check this out...
https://bretsw.github.io/files/StaudtWillet_Moudgalya_Boltz_Greenhalgh_Koehler_2018.pdf
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