Designing Online Games Assessment as

2011 ◽  
pp. 323-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Sebastian Loh
Keyword(s):  
Online Games ◽  
Multiplayer Games ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Return Of Investment ◽  
Online Retailers ◽  
Online Tracking ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Powerful Strategy

Online retailers make successful use of sophisticated online tracking mechanisms to profile their customers in order to understand their buying habits. Online multiplayer games make use of similar technologies to keep track of gamers’ activities, for better management of in-game resources and to settle disputes. However, educators looking to online games as a learning tool lack a similarly powerful strategy to help them reconstruct users’ gaming decisions in order to understand the learners and make effective use of games as teaching/learning tool. Moreover, it is necessary to develop an assessment component for online games to measure its effectiveness, or the return of investment. This chapter outlined a strategy to design the much needed assessment into online games as “information trails.”

Designing Online Games Assessment as

2011 ◽  
pp. 553-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Sebastian Loh
Keyword(s):  
Online Games ◽  
Multiplayer Games ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Return Of Investment ◽  
Online Retailers ◽  
Online Tracking ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Powerful Strategy

Online retailers make successful use of sophisticated online tracking mechanisms to profile their customers in order to understand their buying habits. Online multiplayer games make use of similar technologies to keep track of gamers’ activities, for better management of in-game resources and to settle disputes. However, educators looking to online games as a learning tool lack a similarly powerful strategy to help them reconstruct users’ gaming decisions in order to understand the learners and make effective use of games as teaching/learning tool. Moreover, it is necessary to develop an assessment component for online games to measure its effectiveness, or the return of investment. This chapter outlined a strategy to design the much needed assessment into online games as “information trails.”

scholarly journals The functionality of interactive digital platforms in online teaching and learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-125
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Novaković
Keyword(s):  
Online Instruction ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Effective Use

This paper looks at the functionality of three interactive digital platforms for creating a virtual environment in online teaching and learning - Hangouts Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. These platforms have started being widely used during the 2019-nCoV pandemic. On the basis of a review and comparison of their integrated functions and features, as well as of observations made in the course of their parallel use during the spring semester of 2019/20 at the Department of the Serbian language of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, the author has established that these platforms have the same general characteristics, while differences exist in the area of integrated functions that can be used by teachers and students. Taking into consideration this segment of the analysis, the author concludes that the interactive digital platforms Zoom and Microsoft Teams are better adapted to the implementation of online instruction than Google's Hangouts Meet, as they enable screen sharing and the following of textual communication, direct sharing of sound by means of a sound card, using a chosen photograph to create an appropriate learning environment, textual communication with one or more participants of the teaching/learning process, special formatting of text in messages, the exchange of teaching/learning materials in real time and for the duration of the call, conducting short surveys within the program, and the recording of each individual lesson. However, the paper also suggests ways of increasing the functionality of all analyzed platforms by using simple add-ons and online tools. By providing a detailed overview of all integrated functions, the paper discusses the methodological implications for their more effective use in online instruction.

scholarly journals Improving the Teaching of Arabic Through the Effective Use of YouTube

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-111
Author(s):  
Salih Muhammad Jumah-Alaso ◽  
Abdullahi Shehu Onisabi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
State College ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Effective Use

This study examines ways of improving Arabic's teaching and learning process by applying YouTube video clips as audio-visual aids. Eighteen Arabic students in Kaduna State College of Education and Kwara State University constituted the study sample. A descriptive method with Pre-test and Post-test was conducted. Data were collected through the essay writing, translation, and structure test. The data were analyzed through the descriptive statistics of frequency (f) and percentage (%). The study findings revealed that the subjects performed better and demonstrated linguistic communicative competence in Arabic. Finally, the study recommends that YouTube videos should be integrated into the Arabic teaching-learning process.

The use of anonymous pop-quizzes as an innovative teaching–learning tool to reinforce learning among undergraduate dental students

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Neha Agrawal ◽  
Shraddha Rathi ◽  
NarinderDev Gupta ◽  
Anshul Aggarwal ◽  
AmitKumar Garg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning

Kahoot!

2019 ◽  
pp. 191-208
Author(s):  
Dini Turipanam Alamanda ◽  
Grisna Anggadwita ◽  
Abdullah Ramdhani ◽  
Mediany Kriseka Putri ◽  
Wati Susilawati
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

Learning strategies in the digitalization era are vastly expanding. Students are comprised of the millennials for whom life cannot be separated from technology and the internet. The ever-expanding technology has posed new challenge on the teaching process of millennials, and one of which is the growing importance and increased involvement of technology that empower a host of new learning tools. One of the most prominent open-access teaching/learning tool is Kahoot! This chapter aims to complement studies about the use of game-based methods at higher education. The survey was conducted for 1 year at a university located in a small city in Indonesia. A total of 415 students were actively involved in measuring their perceptions of games-based learning tools called Kahoot! Furthermore, this study also measured differences in outcomes between faculties, types of subjects, and commonly used research methods. The result shows that Kahoot! positively impacts student academic achievement as measured by student motivation, enjoyment, engagement, and concentration.

An Analysis of Teachers' Processes of Technology Appropriation in Classroom

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Boéchat-Heer ◽  
Maria Antonietta Impedovo ◽  
Francesco Arcidiacono
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Technology Appropriation ◽  
School Year ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Teaching Learning

This paper aims to investigate the “sense” of appropriation of the iPad use by teachers in a professional secondary school. As iPads are increasingly employed in the teaching process in classroom the authors intend to understand how the process of teachers' appropriation of iPad use is perceived as a learning tool. Through the analysis of focus groups with teachers, they intend to detect changes in the sense of appropriation of the iPad in classroom during a school year. The findings of their study allow to identify facilitating and hindering elements that support the process of teachers' appropriation of iPads and open further spaces to investigate the role of new technologies in teaching/learning contexts.

“Collective Undergraduate Research: A Teaching / Learning Tool For MSE Students”

2000 ◽  
Vol 632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wafeek Samuel Wahby
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Eastern Illinois University ◽  
Teaching Learning

ABSTRACTA new experiment to implement and collectively publish undergraduate students' research was started at the School of Technology, Eastern Illinois University in the Fall of 1998. A summary of the procedures followed in this experiment, its assessment and its progress are presented. Collective research publications, authored by undergraduate engineering students and edited by their faculty can be used as an effective teaching / learning tool that benefits students/authors, their peers, faculty/editors, local and other institutions, and industry at large, particularly when this research is interactively posted on the Internet. Through a research study format, undergraduates learn the subject matter much better, become familiar with research methods and techniques early in their careers, and polish their technical writing abilities. As the experiment also fosters teamwork and peer collaboration and evaluation, undergraduates sharpen their oral communication skills through group discussions and in-class presentations. The experiment provided an opportunity for students to independently select and research a particular topic and helped them discover the research resources and reference materials available on the subject matter. As one of the few creative opportunities offered in a class, this experiment presented a variety of learning environments to undergraduates and helped promote their creativity and self-directed learning. It was confirmed that most undergraduate students hold unlimited potential for success as researchers, and that enthusiasm, hard work, self-motivation, and dedication of students are likely to constitute better indicators of success than the conventional grades they earned in the past.

Animal Diversity Web as a Teaching & Learning Tool to Improve Research & Writing Skills in College Biology Courses

2013 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 494-498
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Yahnke ◽  
Tanya Dewey ◽  
Phil Myers
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
College Graduates ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
College Biology ◽  
Animal Diversity ◽  
Teaching Learning

Most teachers agree that writing is an important skill for students to master, yet not all teachers incorporate writing assignments in their courses. Employers agree that written communication is important for college graduates, yet in a survey, less than 10% of employers thought that colleges did a good job preparing students for work. Writing an animal species account for Animal Diversity Web (http://animaldiversity.org) provides students with a real-world example of writing skills and provides resources to instructors who want to incorporate writing in their classes.

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