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Abstract
While there is consensus that educational escape games have a beneficial impact on student learning in computer science, this hypothesis is not empirically demonstrated because the evaluation methods used by researchers in the field are carried out in an ad hoc manner, lack reproducibility and often rely on confidential samples. We introduce EvscApp, a standard methodology for evaluating educational escape games intended for the learning of computer science at the undergraduate level. Based on a state of the art in the realm of educational escape games and on the different associated pedagogical approaches existing in the literature, we arrive at a general-purpose experimental process divided in fifteen steps. The evaluation criteria used for assessing an escape game’s efficiency concern the aspects of motivation, user experience and learning. The EvscApp methodology has been implemented as an open source Web dashboard that helps researchers to carry out structured experimentations of educational escape games designed to teach computer science. The tool allows designers of educational computer escape games to escape the ad hoc construction of evaluation methods while gaining in methodological rigor and comparability. All the results collected through the experiments carried out with EvscApp are scheduled to be compiled in order to be able to rule empirically as to the pedagogical effectiveness of pedagogical escape games for computer science in general. A few preliminary experiments indicate positive early results of the method.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2, CSEDU 2023 |
Editors | Jelena Jovanovic, Irene-Angelica Chounta, James Uhomoibhi, Bruce McLaren |
Pages | 241-251 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789897586415 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Event | 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 21 Apr 2023 → 23 Apr 2023 https://csedu.scitevents.org/Home.aspx |
Publication series
Name | International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings |
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Volume | 2 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2184-5026 |
Conference
Conference | 15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education |
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Abbreviated title | CSEDU 2023 |
Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 21/04/23 → 23/04/23 |
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Keywords
- Educational Escape Games
- Evaluation Framework
- Computer Science Learning
- Tool Presentation.
- Tool Presentation
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15th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Gonzague Yernaux (Participant) & Rudy Kabimbi Ngoy (Participant)
21 Apr 2023 → 23 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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EvscApp: Evaluating the Pedagogical Relevance of Educational Escape Games for Computer Science
Rudy Kabimbi Ngoy (Speaker) & Gonzague Yernaux (Speaker)
23 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Student theses
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Évaluer l’impact des jeux d’évasion éducatifs sur l’apprentissage de l’informatique au premier cycle universitaire
Author: Kabimbi Ngoy, R., 2022Supervisor: Vanhoof, W. (Supervisor) & Yernaux, G. (Co-Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master types › Master in Computer science
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