The MORPG-based Learning System for Multiple Courses

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo-Yu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Design System ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Role Playing Game

This study aimed at developing a Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game-based (MORPG) Learning system which enabled instructors to construct a game scenario and manage sharable and reusable learning content for multiple courses. It used the curriculum of “Introduction to Computer Science” as a study case to assess students' learning effectiveness on the subject of “computer network”. The sample was 56 freshman students, who were randomly assigned to two groups, one of which used the game-based learning and the other one the Web-based video lectures. Furthermore, this study also conducted the System Usability Scale (SUS) to measure satisfaction, usability and learnability of the developed management system for instructors. Five instructors were invited to participate in the practical use and evaluation. The results showed that game-based learning could be exploited as effective learning environments and game design system was usable and learnable for instructors to create learning games.

The MORPG-based Learning System for Multiple Courses

Gamification ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 1076-1096
Author(s):  
Kuo-Yu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Design System ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Role Playing Game

This study aimed at developing a Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game-based (MORPG) Learning system which enabled instructors to construct a game scenario and manage sharable and reusable learning content for multiple courses. It used the curriculum of “Introduction to Computer Science” as a study case to assess students' learning effectiveness on the subject of “computer network”. The sample was 56 freshman students, who were randomly assigned to two groups, one of which used the game-based learning and the other one the Web-based video lectures. Furthermore, this study also conducted the System Usability Scale (SUS) to measure satisfaction, usability and learnability of the developed management system for instructors. Five instructors were invited to participate in the practical use and evaluation. The results showed that game-based learning could be exploited as effective learning environments and game design system was usable and learnable for instructors to create learning games.

AgiRPG: An Agile-Based Role-Playing Game Design System

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 3621-3626
Author(s):  
Wei-Chung Chang ◽  
Teng-Wen Chang ◽  
Chung-Wen Hung
Keyword(s):  
Game Design ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Design System ◽  
Role Playing Game

Dungeons & Dragons & Drama

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darby Huk
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Audience Participation ◽  
Fictional Character ◽  
Voice Change ◽  
Dramatic Theory ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
Game Performance

Players sit around a table. A group of adventurers pause in their pursuit of escape. Stunned, they stare at the die that just rolled poorly, resulting in the loss of a dear friend, his throat ripped out because they could not save him. The players mourn the death of a fictional character who only ever existed within the game. Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a popular role-playing game illustrating the interconnectedness of drama, performance, and games. My presentation will examine this relationship, identifying factors from gameplay that suggest how performance fosters success in D&D for both actual players and fictional characters. Research into dramatic theory and game theory reveals how interdisciplinary concepts such as the “magic circle”, the “lusory attitude”, and uncertainty can apply to elements of D&D (Salen and Zimmerman, Suits, Costikyan). Data collected from in-person observation of D&D sessions, coding participants’ behaviour, and watching for instances of performance (e.g. voice change, pronoun switches, or mimetic gesture), has been combined with theoretical research to determine elements that better facilitate success in the game/campaign. These elements range from emotional situations that provoke players, to forms of invitations encouraging participation (Isbister, White). I have discovered that while in theatre performance acts as a vehicle for story, in D&D the story acts as a vehicle for performance. The in-game performance often facilitates fun between players, as well as leading them to success in the game, so a campaign that maximizes theatricality will not only result in more fun, but also more success. Works Cited Costikyan, Greg. Uncertainty in Games. MIT Press, 2013. Isbister, Katherine. How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design. MIT Press, 2016. Salen, Katie, and Eric Zimmerman. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. The MIT Press, 2004. Suits, Bernard Herbert. The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia. Broadview Press, 2014. White, Gareth. Audience Participation in Theatre: Aesthetics of the Invitation. Springer, 2013.

Project System: totalitarian utopia as a role-playing game

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 218-227
Author(s):  
Lujza Kotryová
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Totalitarian Regime ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Role Playing Game ◽  
Methods Of Learning

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine how to educate people about complicated social topics or politics?; how to lead them to critical thinking?; and how to convey emotions or life experience they never lived through? Design/methodology/approach Project System is a three-day experience for adult participants concerning totalitarian regime, freedom and inequality. The Project System does not give fast and easy answers but leads participants to find them on their own. For 30 hours, participants find themselves within a larp, which is a very intense type of role-playing game based on human interactions. The author has chosen a larp as a medium as one of the most immersive and influential method of game-based learning which can facilitate topics that are normally hard to explain through conventional methods of learning. Participants learn firsthand through their roles, emotions, story and experience. Findings Project System was a really strong and important experience for many players that may have partially changed their lives. After more than 500 players walked through it, the author can say that this method is beneficial. Originality/value Larp as an educational tool is used all over the world; however, there are still only few professional organizations. Most of them are focused on using larp (or similar role-playing methods) as a tool at elementary or secondary schools. Using larp in andragogy is currently pioneering.

scholarly journals Practical experiences in Moodle LMS

2008 ◽  
pp. 129-133
Author(s):  
Péter Lengyel
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Student Progress ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
The University

We use Moodle at the University of Debrecen, Business- and Agricultural Department since January 2007. Moodle is an open source Learning Management System.Learning Management System (or LMS) is a software package that enables the management and delivery of learning content and resources to students. Most LMS systems are web-based to facilitate "anytime, anywhere" access to learning content and administration. LMS tracks student progress in a course and indicates completions. At the least, learning management systems track individual student progress, record scores of quizzes and tests within an online learning program, and track course completions.Moodle has more and more function at our Department in education. At present, we work to introduce Moodle in our Faculty. Therefore, we took lessons for the tutors about the usage of the Moodle. Our aim to develop such a learning system, which is an integral part of educational process.

scholarly journals Penerapan Kemampuan Problem solving pada Siswa SMP Menggunakan Pendekatan Computational Thinking (CT) Berbasis Role Playing Game (RPG)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Moch Ridho Alfikri Limandika Putra ◽  
Galang Prihadi Mahardhika ◽  
Hanson Prihantoro Putro
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Input Process ◽  
Design Document ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Process Output ◽  
Role Playing Game

Problem solving adalah salah satu kemampuan untuk memecahkan sebuah masalah. Baik itu permasalahan komputasi maupun permasalahan sehari-hari. Kemampuan ini dapat memberikan penggunanya untuk menyelesaikan masalah dalam bentuk apapun. Karena pentingnya kemampuan tersebut, maka harus diterapkan sedari dini saat masih dalam usia sekolah. Kemampuan problem solving jika ditanamkan sejak dini, akan sangat membantu siswa-siswi dalam hal menyelesaikan tugas-tugas yang diberikan. Namun tidak semudah yang dibayangkan, masih banyak siswa-siswi yang kurang menaruh perhatian lebih kepada kemampuan problem solving ini. Penyebabnya tidak lain adalah teknik pengajaran yang masih dianggap membosankan, ini menyebabkan rasa malas untuk mempelajari apalagi mendalami tentang problem solving. Salah satu pendekatan yang bisa digunakan untuk melatih kemampuan ini adalah pendekatan Computational Thinking. Pada penelitian ini penulis membuat sebuah game edukasi Computational Thinking berbasis Role Playing Game. Game ini dibuat dengan menggunanakan beberapa rancangan yaitu Game Design Document dan Hierarchy plus Input Process Output. Serta metode yang digunakan adalah metode Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation. Dalam penelitian ini penulis mengujikan langsung kepada para murid dan mendapatkan hasil yang sangat memuaskan. Game yang dibuat dapat membuat para murid menjadi lebih termotivasi untuk belajar mengenai kemampuan problem solving. Ini berdasarkan data yang di dapat melalui pembuatan kuisioner. Metode yang digunakan dalam pembuatan kuisioner adalah skala likert. Game yang dibuat mendapatkan respon yang sangat positif dari para murid dalam berbagai aspek. Sehingga menghasilkan kesimpulan bahwa game Role Playing Game ini telah layak untuk dijadikan sebagai media untuk memotivasi para murid dalam hal mempelajari serta menanamkan kemampuan problem solving yang baik sejak dini.

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