Lazareck, LJ; Farrell, D; Kostkova, P; Lecky, DM; McNulty, CAM; Weerasinghe, D; (2010) Learning by gaming - evaluation of an online game for children. In: 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology. (pp. pp. 2951-2954). IEEE: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Playing computer games is widely popular among children and teenagers as an entertainment activity; meanwhile, playing computer games also provides a learning opportunity. For example, the rules of the game have to be learned by the player in order to improve his/her performance. Based on that principle, the City eHealth Research Centre (CeRC) developed a web game for 13-15 year olds, whereby the player becomes an investigator who attends the scene of an incident that involves microbes. There are four missions in total, each involving a mystery that the player needs to solve and learning objectives that need to be taught - such as antibiotic resistance and the importance of hygiene. This paper presents the results from a game evaluation that took place between July of 2009, in four UK schools (Glasgow, Gloucester, London), with 129 students; whereby 98% of the students commented positively about playing the game. Subsequently, CeRC has improved the game and developed an interactive educational games portal (www.edugames4all.com) for different age groups of web game enthusiasts.

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