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Building apostrophe power: lessons learnt for serious games development

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Daniel Hickmott,

Shamus P. Smith,

Elizabeth Burd,

Erica SouthgateAuthors Info & Claims

ACSW '16: Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Science Week Multiconference

Article No.: 70, Pages 1 - 10

https://doi.org/10.1145/2843043.2843475

Published: 01 February 2016 Publication History

Abstract

There is increasing interest in the application of serious games for learning. Growth in the take-up of digital devices, e.g. smartphones and tablets, and their use for gaming provides new opportunities for mobile learning (m-learning). A serious game m-learning app for improving adult learners' apostrophe usage, called Apostrophe Power, has been developed. The research team, which consisted of software engineers and educationalists, encountered a number of discipline spanning issues while designing and developing this m-learning app.

This paper overviews the issues encountered, the recommendations from recent literature and how the issues were ultimately addressed, exemplified in a case study. These lessons learnt offer insight for serious game development and highlight practical solutions for m-learning apps involving interdisciplinary teams.

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Lara Nieto-Márquez NCardeña Martínez ABaldominos AGonzález Petronila APérez Nieto M(2020)Assessment of the Effects of Digital Educational Material on Executive Function PerformanceFrontiers in Education10.3389/feduc.2020.5457095Online publication date: 23-Nov-2020
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Andreoli RCorolla AFaggiano AMalandrino DPirozzi DRanaldi MSantangelo GScarano V(2017)A Framework to Design, Develop, and Evaluate Immersive and Collaborative Serious Games in Cultural HeritageJournal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 10.1145/306464411:1(1-22)Online publication date: 7-Dec-2017
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Backlund PEngstrom HBerg Marklund BToftedahl M(2017)Developing games for non-leisure contexts: Identification of challenges and research gaps2017 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games)10.1109/VS-GAMES.2017.8055806(15-22)Online publication date: Sep-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2017.8055806

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