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A Task-Based Role-Playing Game with Educational Robots for Learning Language

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Learning by Playing. Game-based Education System Design and Development (Edutainment 2009)

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In this paper we present our work in the design of playing with robots to learn language in a classroom. We outline our approach of design for emergence: to provide just enough of a game context and challenge for people to be creative, to extend and enrich the experience of play through their interaction in the real world. Robots were designed to put on our mixed reality game stage, a wireless location-based multiplayer game. This paper describes the design and implementation of the task-based role playing game with robots.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan

    Gwo-Dong Chen & Chih-Wei Chang

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Computing and Information Systems 1200, Athabasca University, 10011-109 Street, T5J-3S8, Edmont, Canada

    Maiga Chang

  2. Department of Digital Design 369, Ming Dao University, Wen-Hua Dr., Peetow, 52345, ChangHua, Taiwan

    Rita Kuo

  3. School of Computing and Inforamtion Systems, Athabasca University, 1 University Drive, T9S 3A3, Athabasca, AB, Canada

    Kinshuk

  4. Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Central University, 300, Jhongda Rd., 32001, Jhongli City, Taiwan

    Gwo-Dong Chen

  5. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656, Tokyo, Japan

    Michitaka Hirose

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Chen, GD., Chang, CW. (2009). A Task-Based Role-Playing Game with Educational Robots for Learning Language. In: Chang, M., Kuo, R., Kinshuk, Chen, GD., Hirose, M. (eds) Learning by Playing. Game-based Education System Design and Development. Edutainment 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5670. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03364-3_58

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