Pedagogy Students’ Attitudes towards Collaborative Learning with Video Games

2019 ◽  
pp. 304-323
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Students Attitudes

The Impact of Gamification and Individual Differences on Second Language Learning Among First-Year Female University Students in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
pp. 104687812110565
Author(s):  
Maram Almufareh
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Video Gaming ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Background The Technology-Enhanced Training Effectiveness Model (TETEM) has been used to assess the effectiveness of various technology-driven solutions in improving students’ outcomes in multiple academic fields. However, limited research is available on the use of TETEM in the context of second language learning. Using a modified TETEM, this study seeks first, to assess the direct effects of students’ attitudes and experiences with video gaming on their achievement; and second, to evaluate the effects of students’ attitudes and experiences that are mediated by their motivation. Methods This study was conducted among preparatory year students at Al-Jouf University, Saudi Arabia. Students were randomly assigned to the technology-enhanced group (Duolingo® + workbook) or the control group (classroom workbook group). We started by comparing student performance between the two groups to evaluate the effect of the intervention. Subsequently, we conducted a confirmatory factor analysis to establish homogenous latent variables for experience, attitude, and motivation. Finally, we used structural equation models to evaluate the presence of direct and mediated effects. Results Students in the Duolingo® + workbook group scored higher on reading, grammar, vocabulary, and writing compared to the workbook group. Positive attitude toward video gaming had both a direct and mediating positive correlation with student achievement. Additionally, motivation toward ESL learning was independently and positively correlated with student achievement. As expected, the technology-enhanced group performed better in reading, grammar, and vocabulary while the control group showed more participation and timely completion of assignments. Conclusion Technology enhancement improves students’ performance for ESL, however, adequate integration of technology in the course curriculum is needed to minimize interference with class participation. Positive attitudes toward video games and motivation toward ESL learning are positive predictors of student achievement while experience with video games has no significant effect.

scholarly journals Understanding immersion in 2D platform-based online collaborative learning environments

2020 ◽  
pp. 57-67
Author(s):  
Gibran Garcia ◽  
Insung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Sensory Stimuli ◽  
Online Collaborative Learning ◽  
Video Gamers

Previous studies have revealed that when video gamers, or users of three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds, display intense concentration coupled with an emotional engagement in their undertaking, they are affected by multisensory stimuli. This can lead to developing a feeling of detachment from the physical world, which, in turn, can lead to high levels of participation and engagement. Notwithstanding these results, it remains unclear as to whether students can experience the same kind of immersion in two-dimensional (2D) platform-based online collaborative learning spaces as has been achieved in video games and 3D worlds and, if they actually can, which features would lead to similar levels of increased engagement. This study is one of the first attempts to investigate the immersion experiences of students engaged in two 2D online collaborative learning platforms, one text-based and the other video-based. Data from eight students revealed that key features of immersion observed in video games and 3D worlds also appeared during the online collaborative activities but that the way such immersion was perceived by the students was greatly affected by the characteristics of the individual platform. When emotional engagement was considered, empathy was found to play an important role in the participants’ immersion experiences. Implications for practice or policy: Text-based platforms could be effective in motivating students to focus more on the postings, while video-based platforms may be more effective in generating empathy with others through observation of body language. When selecting a communication platform for online collaboration, sensory stimuli of the platform should be carefully examined. Empathy could be developed prior to an online collaborative activity so that students reflect on their thoughts and consider others’ feelings for a more immersive learning experience.

Students’ Attitudes toward Process and Product Oriented Online Collaborative Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 1300-1319
Author(s):  
Xinchun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Online Collaboration ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Online Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Learning Data

Although the pedagogical advantages of online interactive learning are well known, much needs to be done in instructional design of applicable collaborative learning tasks that motivate sustained student participation and interaction. In a previous study based on a Web-based course offered in 2004, Wang (2007) investigated the factors that promote sustained online collaboration for knowledge building. By providing new data from the same Web-based course offered in 2006 and 2007, this study investigates students’ attitudes toward process- and product-oriented online collaborative learning. The analysis of 93 post course survey questionnaire data show that the overwhelming majority of students have positive experience with online collaborative learning. Data also suggest that students are more enthusiastic about process-oriented tasks and their attitudes toward product-oriented collaborative learning tasks are mixed.

scholarly journals Video Games and Collaborative Learning in Education? A Scale for Measuring In-Service Teachers’ Attitudes towards Collaborative Learning with Video Games

Informatics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Martín-del-Pozo ◽  
Ana García-Valcárcel Muñoz-Repiso ◽  
Azucena Hernández Martín
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

Students’ motivation is a fundamental factor in the educational process, and can be facilitated through new methodologies and technologies, including gamification, video games, collaborative learning, or, in particular, the methodology called “collaborative learning with video games” (which is presented and can be understood as the implementation of educational activities in which students have to work together to achieve a goal, and the main resource of the activity is a video game). However, if teachers themselves are not motivated, or if they lack a positive attitude towards implementing these new methodologies, it will be difficult for students to feel motivated when approaching said resources. Therefore, it is important to know what teachers’ attitudes towards them are. The aim of this research is the creation of an attitudes scale towards collaborative learning with video games, aimed at in-service primary school teachers. Different methodological steps were followed that made its construction possible, such as the analysis of items and the verification of their reliability, resulting in a rigorous attitudes scale of 33 items, with a reliability of α = 0.947. This implies that the measurement instrument is validated and allows one to know the attitudes of in-service primary school teachers towards a new methodology related to the implementation of video games in education.

scholarly journals Social media for collaborative learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1070
Author(s):  
Nur Shamsiah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Lina Handayani ◽  
Mohd Shahizan Othman ◽  
Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi ◽  
Shahreen Kasim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Behavior Intention ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Theory Acceptance

Research on the field of using social media has gained more importance in the recent days due to the rapid development of social media technologies. Looking at the behavioral intention and attitude of using social media for collaborative learning within Malaysian higher educational institutions and the influencing factors in this regard has received little attention by researchers. The study aims at examining the determinants that affect learners’ attitude and behavior intention regarding their use social media to achieve collaborative learning. Such examination is carried out by using the Theory Acceptance Model (TAM) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technology (UTAUT). A total of 243 participants were recruited for this study. The findings indicated that students’ attitudes and behavior are strong indicators of their intentions in terms of using social media in collaborative learning.

Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Video Games and Related New Media Technologies

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 513-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Lynch-Sauer ◽  
Terry M. VandenBosch ◽  
Frederick Kron ◽  
Craig Livingston Gjerde ◽  
Nora Arato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Video Games ◽  
New Media ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
New Media Technologies

Implementing a project-based collaborative learning approach using PowerPoint to improve students’ 21st- century skills

2021 ◽  
pp. 204275302110306
Author(s):  
Hanan Aifan
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Attitudes Toward Learning ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

In this industrial age, skills required in most jobs are 21st-century skills. The current study aimed to investigate whether there is a relationship between implementing project-based collaborative learning using PowerPoint and improving students’ 21st-century skills from the students’ perspectives. It also examines whether there is a significant relationship between students’ attitudes toward learning collaboratively using PowerPoint to improve their 21st-century skills and their major. The participants of the study were 75 female students enrolled in an Educational Technology and Means course at Najran University. The findings revealed that there is a significant and positive relationship between implementing a project-based collaborative learning approach using PowerPoint and improving the students’ 21st-century skills, r (74) = 0.74 and p < 0.05. Additionally, the findings demonstrated that 21st-century skills improved the most through “actively collaborating with others” (M = 4.6, SD = 0.56). Additionally, there was no significant difference in students’ attitudes toward learning collaboratively using PowerPoint to improve their 21st-century skills in terms of human studies or scientific studies majors, t (37) = 1.97 and p > 0.05. The findings demonstrate that more research is required on the role of higher education in developing meaningful technology-based strategies to improve students’ 21st-century skills in learning environments.

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