Validation of a Cyberbullying Serious Game Using Game Analytics

Antonio Calvo-Morata; Dan Cristian Rotaru; Cristina Alonso-Fernández; Manuel Freire-Morán; Iván Martínez-Ortiz; Baltasar  Fernández-Manjón

doi:10.1109/TLT.2018.2879354

Validation of a Cyberbullying Serious Game Using Game Analytics

Antonio Calvo-Morata, Dan Cristian Rotaru, Cristina Alonso-Fernández, Manuel Freire-Morán, Iván Martínez-Ortiz, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón

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Abstract

Bullying is a serious social problem at schools, very prevalent independently of culture and country, and particularly acute for teenagers. With the irruption of always-on communications technology, the problem, now termed cyberbullying, is no longer restricted to school premises and hours. There are many different approaches to address cyberbullying, such as school buddies, educational videos, or involving police in counseling; however, awareness continues to be insufficient. We have developed Conectado, aserious game to be used in the classroom to increase awareness on bullying and cyberbullying in schools. While playing the game, students gain a first-hand immersive experience of the problem and the associated emotions, fostering awareness and empathy with victims. This paper describes Conectadoand presents its validationwith actual studentsusing game analytics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-197
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
Volume	13
Issue number	1
Early online date	2 Nov 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2018.2879354
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cyberbullying
Game learning analytics
Games
Internet
Law enforcement
Observers
PREVALENCE
Serious games
Social network services
Tools
Videos
analytics
awareness
bullying
cyberbullying
game learning analytics
serious games
videogame

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