Digital escape rooms : a tool for orientation and promotion

Jug, Tjaša (avtor), Švab, Katarina (avtor)

Digital escape rooms are interactive puzzle-solving games increasingly used for educational, training, and promotional purposes. In library settings, they provide engaging formats for instruction, orientation, and outreach. Although such games can be developed on various platforms, Google Forms remains one of the most widely used free tools due to its flexibility. Using Google Forms, we designed an informative digital escape room for the Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies at the University of Ljubljana. The puzzles incorporated authentic materials, including photographs of real spaces, a promotional video, and links to departmental information sources. In 2024, our digital escape room was tested with 125 participants, followed by a survey exploring their play experience. Results indicate that participants felt enthusiastic, cheerful, and playful during gameplay, and perceived the game as innovative, creative, useful, and interesting. They also confirmed that they learned new information about the department. Although incorporating authentic and timely information into digital escape rooms enhances awareness and learning, it also introduces challenges related to ongoing verification and updating. Therefore, careful design and planning are essential to balance authenticity and timeliness with puzzle structures that enable efficient revision.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: gamification, games, library and information science education, e-learning, user experience, innovation
• Tipologija: 1.12 - Objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 28.08.2026
• Leto izida: 2026
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-187199
• UDK: 021.7:793.7
• ISSN pri članku: Y510-338X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 290412547
• Datum objave v RUL: 09.09.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: IFLA repository
• Založnik: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 290217987

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: igrifikacija, igre, izobraževanje na področju bibliotekarstva in informacijske znanost, e-učenje, uporabniška izkušnja, inovativnost

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0361-2017
• Naslov: Modeliranje bibliografskih informacijskih sistemov