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21095993

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Playing computer games is widely popular among children and teenagers as an entertainment activity; meanwhile, playing computer games also provides a learning opportunity. For example, the rules of the game have to be learned by the player in order to improve his/her performance. Based on that principle, the City eHealth Research Centre (CeRC) developed a web game for 13-15 year olds, whereby the player becomes an investigator who attends the scene of an incident that involves microbes. There are four missions in total, each involving a mystery that the player needs to solve and learning objectives that need to be taught - such as antibiotic resistance and the importance of hygiene. This paper presents the results from a game evaluation that took place between July of 2009, in four UK schools (Glasgow, Gloucester, London), with 129 students; whereby 98% of the students commented positively about playing the game. Subsequently, CeRC has improved the game and developed an interactive educational games portal (www.edugames4all.com) for different age groups of web game enthusiasts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1557-170X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2010
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2951-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Learning by gaming - evaluation of an online game for children.
pubmed:affiliation
City eHealth Research Centre (CeRC), School of Community and Health Sciences (SC&HS), City University London, Northampton Square, UK. lisa.lazareck@city.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't