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Empirical evidence of the game-based learning advantages for online students persistence

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/sg.1.4.e5,
        author={A. Imbellone and G. Marinensi and C.M.  Medaglia},
        title={Empirical evidence of the game-based learning advantages for online students persistence},
        journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Serious Games},
        volume={1},
        number={4},
        publisher={ICST},
        journal_a={SG},
        year={2015},
        month={7},
        keywords={dropout, game-based learning, on-line education, serious games},
        doi={10.4108/sg.1.4.e5}
    }
    
  • A. Imbellone
    G. Marinensi
    C.M. Medaglia
    Year: 2015
    Empirical evidence of the game-based learning advantages for online students persistence
    SG
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/sg.1.4.e5
A. Imbellone1,*, G. Marinensi1, C.M. Medaglia1
  • 1: Digital Administration and Social Innovation Centre (DASIC), Link Campus University of Rome, Italy
*Contact email: a.imbellone@unilink.it

Abstract

The paper presents the empirical results obtained from a study conducted on a game-based online course that took place in 2014 with 47 participants. The study evidenced the benefits of the learning games mechanics on learners’ willingness to continue the course. Assuming the interest for the subject of the course as a fundamental condition for student persistence within the course, it is shown how it can be significantly enhanced by the presence of both ludic and narrative game-based elements.

Keywords
dropout, game-based learning, on-line education, serious games
Received
2015-04-21
Accepted
2015-06-02
Published
2015-07-03
Publisher
ICST
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/sg.1.4.e5

Copyright © 2015 A. Imbellone et al., licensed to ICST. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.

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