publication . Other literature type . Conference object . Part of book or chapter of book . 2019 . Embargo end date: 30 Oct 2020

Investigating children's immersion in a high-embodied versus low-embodied digital learning game in an authentic educational setting

Name: Investigating Children’s Immersion in a High-Embodied Versus Low-Embodied Digital Learning Game in an Authentic Educational Setting
Keywords: Embodied digital games, Children, Educational settings, Immersion

Marianna Ioannou; Andri Ioannou; Yiannis Georgiou;

Open Access English

Published: 30 Oct 2019

Publisher: Zenodo

Summary

Abstract

Prior research has supported that game-based learning is dependent on the degree of immersion achieved, namely the degree to which children be-come cognitively and emotionally engaged with a given educational digital game. With the emergence of embodied digital educational games, researchers have assumed that the affordances of these games for movement-based interac-tion may heighten even more experienced immersion. However, there is lack of empirical research on the investigation of children’s immersive experiences in embodied educational games, warranting this claim. Existing research on im-mersion is still restricted in highly-controlled laboratory settings a...

doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3523108 , 10.5281/zenodo.3523109 , 10.1007/978-3-030-23089-0_17

Subjects

ACM Computing Classification System: ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING

free text keywords: Embodied digital games, Children, Educational settings, Immersion, Immersion (virtual reality), Empirical research, Embodied cognition, Mathematics education, Digital learning, Affordance, School classroom, Media content, Psychology

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