Designing a digital educational game to support and measure higher education students’ learning of cellular and human biology

• In Event: D&D- Designing a digital educational game to support and measure higher education students’ learning of cellular and human biology

Short Description

This presentation shares the design of a digital educational game, Life on the Edge, to support higher education students’ learning of biology and a usability study conducted (a) to examine the learning effect, game satisfaction, and flow experience and (b) to investigate the students’ reactions on the overall game design and specific learning supportive game features. This presentation will discuss the advanced design of the educational game based on the findings.

Authors

• Presenter: Ji Yae Bong, Concordia University, Montreal

• Presenter: Ross Shaw, MacEwan University

• Contributor: Isabelle Sperano, MacEwan University

• Contributor: Robert Andruchow, MacEwan University

• Contributor: Dana Cobzas, MacEwan University