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ReadAct: Alternate Reality, Serious Games for Reading: Acting to Engage Population and Schools on Social Challenges
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Vol.1, pp.238-245
CSEDU 2018 (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 15/03/2018 - 17/03/2018)
2018
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Abstract
This paper presents a gamified empowerment approach to train future teachers. The approach aims to innovate teaching strategies and to provide a system which motivates players to read and to apply acquired knowledge towards actions to address social challenges within their community. The approach is supported by an alternate reality serious game called “ReadAct” which blends reading instruction with opportunities to act on social responsibility in the real world. Validation results are offered for experiments with the ReadAct approach in different but related contexts of drama reading, environmental education and introduction to computing. Results provide evidence that ReadAct motivates players (young readers) to engage themselves and to attract their schools’ and families’ communities to act on social challenges. The underlying challenges in the experiments are water conservation, urban violence and bullying at school. The paper contributes to the literature on computer-based educa tion by indicating how a ReadAct game may turn the school community, where it is played out, into a community school with an integrated view of academics and social services.
Details
- Title
- ReadAct: Alternate Reality, Serious Games for Reading: Acting to Engage Population and Schools on Social Challenges
- Creators
- Marcelo Alves de Barros (Author) - Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeValéria Andrade (Author) - Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeJ Antão B Moura (Author) - Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeLaurent Borgmann (Author) - Koblenz University of Applied SciencesUwe Terton (Author) - University of the Sunshine CoastFátima Vieira (Author) - Lusíada University of PortoGabriel Cintra Alves da Costa (Author) - Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeRafaela Lacerda Araújo (Author) - Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeAline Oliveira Arruda (Author) - Universidade Federal de Campina GrandeSophie Naviner (Author) - EDHEC Business SchoolJobson Silva (Author) - Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Vol.1, pp.238-245
- Conference
- CSEDU 2018 (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 15/03/2018 - 17/03/2018)
- Publisher
- SciTePress; Funchal, Portugal
- Identifiers
- 991012952832002368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding