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<p>THE PAPER DEALS WITH DEVELOPING LEARNING GAMES IN THE AREA OF INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION OF RESEARCHERS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. IN THIS PROJECT, WE APPLY MIXED METHODS TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL RESULTS. PLAYING RESEARCH AND GAME ANALYSIS ARE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THE TASK OF DESIGNING AND CREATING LEARNING GAMES IN A PARTICIPATORY SETTING, USING EXPLORATIVE DESIGN AND DESIGN THINKING. THE STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED IN DOING SO BY THE ACADEMICS. THE RESEARCHERS WILL ALSO EVALUATE THE OUTCOMES. THE PAPER PRESENTS THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY LEARNING GAMES AND USE THE FOLLOWING APPROACHES TO TRIGGER LEARNING EXPERIENCES: HUMOR AND EXAGGERATION, SHIFT OF PERSPECTIVE, THE PRESENTATION OF FACTS, AND TRIAL AND ERROR. THESE RESULTS FROM THE EARLY STAGES OF THE PROJECT ARE ENCOURAGING AND HINT AT THE POSSIBLE SUCCESS OF PLAYFUL PARTICIPATION IN THE FIELD OF GAME-BASED LEARNING.</p>
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THE PAPER DEALS WITH DEVELOPING LEARNING GAMES IN THE AREA OF INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION OF RESEARCHERS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. IN THIS PROJECT, WE APPLY MIXED METHODS TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL RESULTS. PLAYING RESEARCH AND GAME ANALYSIS ARE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THE TASK OF DESIGNING AND CREATING LEARNING GAMES IN A PARTICIPATORY SETTING, USING EXPLORATIVE DESIGN AND DESIGN THINKING. THE STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED IN DOING SO BY THE ACADEMICS. THE RESEARCHERS WILL ALSO EVALUATE THE OUTCOMES. THE PAPER PRESENTS THE FIRST EXAMPLES OF INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY LEARNING GAMES AND USE THE FOLLOWING APPROACHES TO TRIGGER LEARNING EXPERIENCES: HUMOR AND EXAGGERATION, SHIFT OF PERSPECTIVE, THE PRESENTATION OF FACTS, AND TRIAL AND ERROR. THESE RESULTS FROM THE EARLY STAGES OF THE PROJECT ARE ENCOURAGING AND HINT AT THE POSSIBLE SUCCESS OF PLAYFUL PARTICIPATION IN THE FIELD OF GAME-BASED LEARNING.

Learning, Gaming, Designing: Using Playful Participation to Create Learning Games Together with High School Students

GAME DESIGNER, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER AND LECTURER AT THE INSTITUTE OF DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AT VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS VIENNA

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THE PAPER DEALS WITH DEVELOPING LEARNING GAMES IN THE AREA OF INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION OF RESEARCHERS, UNIVERSITY...

Learning, Gaming, Designing: Using Playful Participation to Create Learning Games Together with High School Students

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/tjcp.v3i1.23645

Keywords
GAME-BASED LEARNING, GAME DESIGN, EXPLORATIVE DESIGN, PLAYFULNESS, DESIGN THINKING, INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY

© 2016 Fares Kayali et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Learning, Gaming, Designing: Using Playful Participation to Create Learning Games Together with High School Students

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7146/tjcp.v3i1.23645

KeywordsGAME-BASED LEARNING, GAME DESIGN, EXPLORATIVE DESIGN, PLAYFULNESS, DESIGN THINKING, INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY

© 2016 Fares Kayali et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
GAME-BASED LEARNING, GAME DESIGN, EXPLORATIVE DESIGN, PLAYFULNESS, DESIGN THINKING, INFORMATICS AND SOCIETY