Linehan, Conor and Kirman, Ben and Lawson, Shaun and Chan, Gail G. (2011) Practical, appropriate, empirically-validated guidelines for designing educational games. In: 2011 ACM Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, Canada.

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Abstract

There has recently been a great deal of interest in the potential of computer games to function as innovative educational tools. However, there is very little evidence of games fulfilling that potential. Indeed, the process of merging the disparate goals of education and games design appears problematic, and there are currently no practical guidelines for how to do so in a coherent manner. In this paper, we describe the successful, empirically validated teaching methods developed by behavioural psychologists and point out how they are uniquely suited to take advantage of the benefits that games offer to education. We conclude by proposing some practical steps for designing educational games, based on the techniques of Applied Behaviour Analysis. It is intended that this paper can both focus educational games designers on the features of games that are genuinely useful for education, and also introduce a successful form of teaching that this audience may not yet be familiar with.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords:	Serious Games, education, educational games, psychology, games, Applied Behavior Analysis, Practical, Appropriate, ref11, refdoi
Subjects:	G Mathematical and Computer Sciences > G440 Human-computer Interaction X Education > X990 Education not elsewhere classified C Biological Sciences > C810 Applied Psychology
Divisions:	College of Sciences > Faculty of Science > Lincoln School of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Conor Linehan
Date Deposited:	17 May 2011 10:09
Last Modified:	15 May 2013 10:22
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/4475

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