Development of a comprehensive process for introducing game-based learning in higher education for lecturers

Fernández Raga, María (author), Aleksić, Darija (author), Kapucugil Ikiz, Aysun (author), Markiewicz, Magdalena (author), Streit, Herbert (author)

Emerging trends such as digitalization, globalization, and the COVID-19 pandemic are forcing higher education institutions to undergo constant organizational and technological changes and to introduce innovative pedagogical approaches suitable for teaching a new generation of students—the so-called digital natives. The goal of this paper is to engage in the ongoing debate in higher education about new teaching methods, i.e., game-based learning methods, which meet the needs of digital natives. They have grown up in a fast-paced, technology-driven society, which has affected how they absorb information, their ability to concentrate for extended periods, and their motivation and engagement in the learning process. Existing research suggests that implementing the game-based learning method can be very difficult and costly, as it often requires adapting the freely available game to the requirements of the particular course and additional investment in purchasing appropriate equipment. In this paper, we develop a comprehensive procedure for introducing a cost-effective game-based learning method in higher education, which includes thirteen steps to help lecturers introduce game-based activities straightforwardly into their teaching processes. In addition, we also present security, cultural, and quality assurance issues that need to be considered when implementing game-based learning in higher education.

• Language: English
• Keywords: learning, distance learning, teaching methods, game-based learning, gamification, game design, higher education, hybrid teaching, online teaching
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: 18 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 15, iss. 4 (article no. 3706)
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-148004
• UDC: 37.015.31
• ISSN on article: 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su15043706
• COBISS.SI-ID: 142061571
• Publication date in RUL: 18.07.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sustainability
• Shortened title: Sustainability
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2071-1050
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5324897

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: izobraževanje, študij na daljavo, učne metode

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership KA226 Partnership for Digital Education Readiness
• Project number: 2020-1-SI01-KA226-HE-093593
• Name: Development of Innovative, Gamified and Interactive Method for Advanced e-Teaching and E-learning of Skills
• Acronym: DigiMates