In the eye of the beholder: promoting learner-centric design to develop mobile games for learning

Birgit Schmitz; Marco Kalz; Roland Klemke; Marcus Specht

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13416-1_10

In the eye of the beholder: promoting learner-centric design to develop mobile games for learning

Birgit Schmitz, Marco Kalz, Roland Klemke, Marcus Specht

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Out of the project EMuRgency a game-based learning environment evolved, which trains school children in providing reanimation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The application gets players to act as if they were in a real case of emergency. This paper reports on a formal usability study conducted with two different groups of learners, regular learners and learners with special educational needs (SEN). With the study we compared the two groups of learners with regard to game usability and effectiveness of the intervention. Our intention was to better understand the different needs and requirements to learning materials that game designer need to take into consideration in order to make the learning experience successful for both groups. A total of 89 children played the game simulation. Results showed differences in perception and effectiveness of individual mechanisms for the two groups with regard to usability or switching between tasks and mobile device.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mobile as Mainstream - Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning
Subtitle of host publication	13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2014
Editors	Marco Kalz, Yasemin Bayyurt, Marcus Specht
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	92-106
Number of pages	15
Volume	479
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-13416-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-13415-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13416-1_10
Publication status	Published - 5 Nov 2014
Event	13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 3 Nov 2014 → 5 Nov 2014 Conference number: 13

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Series	Communications in Computer and Information Science
ISSN	1865-0929

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Conference	13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	3/11/14 → 5/11/14

Keywords

mobile learning
serious games
learner centric design
games for health

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Schmitz, B., Kalz, M., Klemke, R., & Specht, M. (2014). In the eye of the beholder: promoting learner-centric design to develop mobile games for learning. In M. Kalz, Y. Bayyurt, & M. Specht (Eds.), Mobile as Mainstream - Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning: 13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2014 (1 ed., Vol. 479, pp. 92-106). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13416-1_10

Schmitz, Birgit ; Kalz, Marco ; Klemke, Roland et al. / In the eye of the beholder : promoting learner-centric design to develop mobile games for learning. Mobile as Mainstream - Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning: 13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2014. editor / Marco Kalz ; Yasemin Bayyurt ; Marcus Specht. Vol. 479 1. ed. Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2014. pp. 92-106 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Schmitz B, Kalz M , Klemke R, Specht M. In the eye of the beholder: promoting learner-centric design to develop mobile games for learning. In Kalz M, Bayyurt Y, Specht M, editors, Mobile as Mainstream - Towards Future Challenges in Mobile Learning: 13th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2014. 1 ed. Vol. 479. Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2014. p. 92-106. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-13416-1_10

In the eye of the beholder: promoting learner-centric design to develop mobile games for learning

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