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Experimental Evaluation of an Educational Game for Improved Learning in Introductory Course + BeadLoom Game: Using Game Elements to Increase Motivation and Learning. Victoria Cooper vl_cooper@cox.net Advisor: Dr. Tiffany Barnes tbarnes2@uncc.edu.
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Experimental Evaluation of an Educational Game for Improved Learning in Introductory Course+BeadLoom Game: Using Game Elements to Increase Motivation and Learning Victoria Cooper vl_cooper@cox.net Advisor: Dr. Tiffany Barnes tbarnes2@uncc.edu
Experimental Evaluation of an Educational Game for Improved Learning in Introductory Course • Synopsis • Motivations • Conclusion
Experimental Evaluation of an Educational Game for Improved Learning in Introductory Course • What parts were good? • Where could the authors have improved the paper? • What you would have done differently and why? • How it applies to current work
BeadLoom Game: Using Game Elements to Increase Motivation and Learning • Synopsis • Motivations • Conclusion
BeadLoom Game: Using Game Elements to Increase Motivation and Learning • What parts were good? • Where could the authors have improved the paper? • What you would have done differently and why? • How it applies to my current work
What Was Planned… • Download Unity, Assembla/ Toritise SVN • Unity tutorials • 3D, 2D, and GUI • IRB training • Create a website/blog • Play Bots • Start to create the 3D environment that will allow the player to access the menu options in the Bots game
What Was Done • All the downloads • IRB training • Unity 3D and GUI tutorial • Created a blog • Played the Bots game
What is Planned for Next Week… • Create the 3D environment that will allow the player to access the menu options in the Bots game • Presentation and game review for next week
Thank You! Victoria Cooper & Dr. Tiffany Barnes vl_cooper@cox.net Randolph-Macon College UNC Charlotte
Works Cited • Eagle, Michael and Tiffany Barnes. “Experimental Evaluation of an Educational Game for Improved Learning in Introductory Course.” Association for Computer Machinery Digital Library. Association for Computer Machinery. n.d. Web. 5 June 2011. • Boyce, Acey and Tiffany Barnes. “BeadLoomGame: Using Game Elements to Increase Motivation and Learning.” Association for Computer Machinery Digital Library. Association for Computer Machinery. n.d. Web. 5 June 2011.