From Board Game to Digital Game: Designing a Mobile Game for Children to Learn About Invasive Species

by Aloba, Aishat | Coleman, Gabriel | Ong, Triton | Yan, Shan | Albrecht, Dehlia | Suvajdzic, Marko | Anthony, Lisa

Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2017, pp. 375-382. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3130859.3131326

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Invasive species are species that cause economic and ecological harm and/or harm to human health. One challenge to managing invasive species is the lack of awareness about these species and the threats they pose. To mitigate this problem, the University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants developed a classroom board game for children to learn about trade-offs in managing invasive species. The game is effective in increasing knowledge about invasive species and promoting collaborative discussions. However, this board game is only accessible within the classroom. We created a mobile digital game that expands on the goals of the board game. In this paper, we discuss the design of the board and digital versions of the game, and provide some guidelines for designing digital learning games that address real-world problems that have no optimal solution, like the management of invasive species. Future work will evaluate the effectiveness of the digital game in enhancing children’s knowledge about invasive species.

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Author

Aloba, Aishat, Coleman, Gabriel, Ong, Triton, Yan, Shan, Albrecht, Dehlia, Suvajdzic, Marko, Anthony, Lisa
Journal

Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Year

2017
Pages

375-382
DOI

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3130859.3131326

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Citation

Aloba, A., Coleman, G., Ong, T., Yan, S., Albrecht, D., Suvajdzic, M. and Anthony, L., 2017. From Board Game to Digital Game: Designing a Mobile Game for Children to Learn About Invasive Species. Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, pp. 375-382. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3130859.3131326

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@article{digitalWorlds:535,
doi = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3130859.3131326},
author = {Aloba, Aishat  and  Coleman, Gabriel  and  Ong, Triton  and  Yan, Shan  and  Albrecht, Dehlia  and  Suvajdzic, Marko  and  Anthony, Lisa},
title = {From Board Game to Digital Game: Designing a Mobile Game for Children to Learn About Invasive Species},
journal = {Extended Abstracts Publication of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play},
year = {2017},
pages = {375-382}
}

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