{"id":8,"date":"2007-10-28T11:42:30","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T11:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2012-08-22T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T15:05:22","slug":"thesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/playthinklearn.net\/blog\/thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2007 I completed my PhD thesis, enitited ‘An Investigation into the Potential of Collaborative Computer Game-Based Learning in Higher Education’. My research questions were:<\/p>\n

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  1. What is the rationale for using computer games in Higher Education?<\/li>\n
  2. How can computer games be designed to be usable and enhance learning?<\/li>\n
  3. How can the educational effectiveness of games be measured?<\/li>\n
  4. How does the educational expereince differ when different types of game-based learning are used?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    More detail is available in the abstract<\/a> (pdf).<\/p>\n

    The complete thesis consists of ten chapters (these are all in pdf format):<\/p>\n

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    1. Introduction<\/a> – an overview of the thesis and research questions.<\/li>\n
    2. Literature review<\/a> – review of literature on games and learning.<\/li>\n
    3. Research design<\/a> – discussion of the methodology and ethics.<\/li>\n
    4. Background research<\/a> – an initial study into student motivations to play games.<\/li>\n
    5. Developing design criteria <\/a>– the creation of educational and interface design criteria for learning games.<\/li>\n
    6. Designing computer game-based learning<\/a> – discussion of the design process of the two games produced as part of the study.<\/li>\n
    7. Developing computer game-based learning <\/a>– discussion of the iterative development process for the games produced.<\/li>\n
    8. Evaluating the educational effectiveness of games<\/a> – description of the model and tool developed to measure engagement.<\/li>\n
    9. Comparative study<\/a> –\u00a0a study to compare the educational effectiveness of two different types of game-based learning.<\/li>\n
    10. Conclusions<\/a> – revisiting the research questions, discussion of contribution to knowledge and ideas for future research.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The reference list<\/a> and the appendices<\/a> can also be downloaded here.\u00a0Aside from the relief at finally finishing this thesis, it’s my own personal triumph that I have managed to successfully complete a PhD that contains references to both badgers and sausages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      In 2007 I completed my PhD thesis, enitited ‘An Investigation into the Potential of Collaborative Computer Game-Based Learning in Higher Education’. My research questions were: What is the rationale for using computer games in Higher Education? How can computer games…
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