Hi there again, escapees!
So a couple of months ago I asked you to help me with my research on educational games / gamifying education. It went great. I got a nice grade for my thesis and my research won an award at a conference. Original topic is here:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.384546-Want-to-help-me-with-my-scientific-research-on-educational-games
Since I've asked people all over the internet, I've made a report with results in laymen's terms on my blog. I did not want to bother having to write it all over again. You can find it here:
http://vglegacy.blogspot.nl/2012/10/for-science-for-real.html
If you are really interested, you can also get the 60 page scientific paper and two conference papers here:
http://aosd.host22.com
The game is also still available at this site.
In short: my research showed that it is possible to teach software design to anyone who is interested through the use of a game. Most people liked the game I made and it will soon be implemented in some software design curricula.
Thank you for your time and effort spent on the survey for my research. Thanks to you, education and games have made a little step in a good direction.
To get the thread going: how many of you still remember playing my game? Did you miss it the first time I posted here? Did you like it? Did you learn anything?
So a couple of months ago I asked you to help me with my research on educational games / gamifying education. It went great. I got a nice grade for my thesis and my research won an award at a conference. Original topic is here:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.384546-Want-to-help-me-with-my-scientific-research-on-educational-games
Since I've asked people all over the internet, I've made a report with results in laymen's terms on my blog. I did not want to bother having to write it all over again. You can find it here:
http://vglegacy.blogspot.nl/2012/10/for-science-for-real.html
If you are really interested, you can also get the 60 page scientific paper and two conference papers here:
http://aosd.host22.com
The game is also still available at this site.
In short: my research showed that it is possible to teach software design to anyone who is interested through the use of a game. Most people liked the game I made and it will soon be implemented in some software design curricula.
Thank you for your time and effort spent on the survey for my research. Thanks to you, education and games have made a little step in a good direction.
To get the thread going: how many of you still remember playing my game? Did you miss it the first time I posted here? Did you like it? Did you learn anything?