ARTÍCULO
TITULO

Development of a Collaborative Learning Game Using External Plastic Cards as an Input Device on an iPad

Martin Ebner    
Stefan Lexow    

Resumen

This paper evaluates and describes the usage of plastic cards, coated with conductive paint, as an input device for capacitive touchscreens. By using the developed card prototypes it should be proofed, that usage of this new kind of input device can be handled by primary school pupils in a collaborative learning game. For this reason an educative digital learning game has been developed which can be controlled by the card prototypes. The game asks questions of general knowledge and the answer can be given by putting the proper plastic card on the touchscreen.The evaluation of the game by two groups of four children pointed out, that the cards can be easily used to identify a specific user. Although evaluation shows that the card control has weaknesses to reliably detect the correct answer during the game phase. All pupils enjoy to play the game and they additionally state, that they like the usage of the cards.Beside the problems with a reliable card recognition the evaluation shows that the collaborative concept of the game is promising due to the fact that the pupils are always working together on finding a solution for the answer. Further they support each other in handling and understanding the plastic cards which leads to a deeper understanding of the technical backgrounds.

Palabras claves

 Artículos similares

       
 
Gesa Ruge, Lara Mackintosh    
The international literature on higher education emphasises the importance for academics and professional staff to develop their disciplinary teaching and learning practice. Teaching staff in built environment degree programs tend to focus on ?what? subj... ver más

 
Luke Boyle, Kathy Michell    
The paper documents the development of a collaborative regeneration strategy for a marginalised community in Cape Town that was led by a Non-Profit Company (NPC). NPC?s vision for the strategy was to incorporate key inputs from the community to unlock th... ver más

 
Korlan Zhampeissova,Irina Kosareva,Uliana Borisova     Pág. pp. 4 - 18
The advantages of mobile learning and the possibility of universal access to educational materials have a downside in the form of a possible lack of communication between the student, his/her teachers, and course mates. In this context, collaborative tea... ver más

 
Asmae Blilat,Abdelali Ibriz     Pág. pp. 115 - 132
Within the recent years, mobile technologies have made major progress in its de-velopment. They have become an integral part of our daily life. Therefore, the big interest of using mobile technology in education process is comprehensible. A new technolog... ver más

 
Julia Malieieva, Viktor Kosenko, Olga Malyeyeva, Dmitrij Svetlichnyj     Pág. 62 - 71
The subject of the study in the article is methods and tools for the creation and implementation of distance learning systems (DLS). The interactive capabilities used in the distance education system, programs and information delivery systems allow for f... ver más