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Work in progress - learning through role play games

dc.contributor.authorBaptista, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Carlos Vaz de
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-21T16:14:17Z
dc.date.available2014-01-21T16:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractIt is commonly accepted that the educational environment has been undergoing considerable change due to the use of the Information and Communication tools. But learning depends upon actions such as experimenting, visualizing and demonstrating through which the learner succeeds in constructing his own knowledge. Although it is not easy to achieve these actions through current ICT supported learning approaches, Role Playing Games (RPG) may well develop such capacities. The creation of an interactive computer game with RPG characteristics, about the 500th anniversary of the city of Funchal, the capital of Madeira Island, is invested with compelling educational/pedagogical implications, aiming clearly at teaching history and social relations through playing. Players interpret different characters in different settings/scenarios, experiencing adventures, meeting challenges and trying to reach multiple and simultaneous goals in the areas of education, entertainment and social integration along the first 150 years of the history of Funchal. Through this process they will live and understand all the social and historical factors of that epoch.por
dc.identifierDOI 10.1109/FIE.2008.4720599
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4244-1970-8
dc.identifier.issn0190-5848
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/3410
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherIEEEpor
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFrontiers in Education Conference
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4720599por
dc.subjectHistorical environmentpor
dc.subjectInteractive gamepor
dc.subjectLearningpor
dc.subjectRole play gamepor
dc.titleWork in progress - learning through role play gamespor
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceSaratoga Springs, NY
oaire.citation.endPage8por
oaire.citation.startPage7por
oaire.citation.title38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, 2008por
rcaap.rightsclosedAccesspor
rcaap.typeconferenceObjectpor

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