Using Digital Game-Based Learning to Engage Science Students : The Case of Minecraft

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Using Digital Game-Based Learning to Engage Science Students : The Case of Minecraft Egersdorfer, Davor

Abstract

This paper discusses the potential benefits of Digital Game-Based Learning for promoting student engagement, problem-solving, collaboration and learning of science concepts. It analyses the theoretical underpinnings that support the use of digital games in education, and examines the specific characteristics of digital games which embody positive learning principles that can be used for educational purposes. The digital game Minecraft is used as a case to demonstrate that there are many advantages to using digital games to teach science concepts in school and university contexts.

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Title	Using Digital Game-Based Learning to Engage Science Students : The Case of Minecraft
Alternate Title	Using DGBL to engage science students : Minecraft
Creator	Egersdorfer, Davor
Contributor	Investigating Our Practices Conference (19th : 2016 : Vancouver, B.C.); University of British Columbia. Faculty of Education
Date Issued	2016-05-14
Description	This paper discusses the potential benefits of Digital Game-Based Learning for promoting student engagement, problem-solving, collaboration and learning of science concepts. It analyses the theoretical underpinnings that support the use of digital games in education, and examines the specific characteristics of digital games which embody positive learning principles that can be used for educational purposes. The digital game Minecraft is used as a case to demonstrate that there are many advantages to using digital games to teach science concepts in school and university contexts.
Subject	Digital Game-Based Learning; Minecraft; games in education; student engagement
Genre	Conference Paper
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. EDCP 585B
Date Available	2016-06-22
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0305061
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58312
Affiliation	Education, Faculty of; Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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