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EGameFlow: A scale to measure learners' enjoyment of e-learning games

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Sheng-Chin YuAuthors Info & Claims

Computers & Education, Volume 52, Issue 1

Pages 101 - 112

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2008.07.004

Published: 01 January 2009 Publication History

Abstract

In an effective e-learning game, the learner's enjoyment acts as a catalyst to encourage his/her learning initiative. Therefore, the availability of a scale that effectively measures the enjoyment offered by e-learning games assist the game designer to understanding the strength and flaw of the game efficiently from the learner's points of view. E-learning games are aimed at the achievement of learning objectives via the creation of a flow effect. Thus, this study is based on Sweetser's & Wyeth's framework to develop a more rigorous scale that assesses user enjoyment of e-learning games. The scale developed in the present study consists of eight dimensions: Immersion, social interaction, challenge, goal clarity, feedback, concentration, control, and knowledge improvement. Four learning games employed in a university's online learning course ''Introduction to Software Application'' were used as the instruments of scale verification. Survey questionnaires were distributed to students taking the course and 166 valid samples were subsequently collected. The results showed that the validity and reliability of the scale, EGameFlow, were satisfactory. Thus, the measurement is an effective tool for evaluating the level of enjoyment provided by e-learning games to their users.

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EGameFlow: A scale to measure learners' enjoyment of e-learning games
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
  2. Enterprise computing
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems
  2. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
    2. Web services

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