Student engagement in learning: a preliminary study on digital educational application

Suhaila Jaffar and Dinna @ Nina Mohd Nizam and Aslina Baharum and Nooralisa Mohd Tuah and Farhana Diana Deris and Noorsidi Aizuddin Mat Noor (2021) Student engagement in learning: a preliminary study on digital educational application. Transactions on Science and Technology, 8 (2). pp. 343-354. ISSN 2289-8786

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Abstract

In this modern age, more children are becoming frequent smartphone users. This research presents an approach to engage students with Digital Educational Games. The emergence of digital technologies has increased interest in education and the learning process. Particularly in e-learning, teachers face difficulties in promoting and engaging students in the learning process, and vice versa. However, thanks to new technology that incorporates new methods into the e-learning process overcomes these problems. The objectives of this study are to identify the features and guidelines for designing an engaging Digital Educational Games using qualitative method. A locally developed educational application was used in the preliminary study to identify the gamification elements on 15 participants, and seven elements were identified. A proposed guideline to encourage learning engagement from this study and literature review was suggested. This research shows gamification, which by hope future research can develop educational games that engages students to learn.

Item Type: Article
Keyword: Mobile , E-learning , Gamification , Digital educational application , Engagement
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB5-3640 Theory and practice of education > LB1025-1050.75 Teaching (Principles and practice)
L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC8-6691 Special aspects of education
Department: FACULTY > Faculty of Computing and Informatics
Depositing User: SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited: 12 Jul 2022 08:31
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 08:31
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33075

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