TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing fun and learning in a serious game design
AU - Franzwa, Christopher
AU - Tang, Ying
AU - Johnson, Aaron
AU - Bielefeldt, Talbot
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation grant #OCI-1041306 and #EEC-0935089.
Funding Information:
Ying Tang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Northeastern University, P. R. China, in 1996 and 1998, respectively, and Ph. D degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, in 2001. Dr. Tang is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Her research interests include discrete event systems and visualization, Petri nets and applications, virtual/augmented reality, green manufacturing design and optimization, intelligent learning game systems and artificial intelligent. Dr. Tang has led several research and education projects funded by National Science Foundation, US Department of Transportation, US Navy, the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation and industry firms. Her work has resulted in 4 book chapters, and over 100 journal and conference proceedings articles. Dr. Tang is a member of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - This article presents the underlying philosophy of Sustain City, an educational serious game system that engages students, particularly prospective and beginning science and engineering students, in a series of engineering design challenges. Various strategies implemented in Sustain City for achieving a balance of fun and learning are discussed, including narrative-learning synthesis, supplementing the player's actions with feedback, and the development of a sufficient guidance system. The evaluation of Sustain City deployment is also presented. The assessment confirms the values of the serious games in promoting students' interests and learning in STEM fields.
AB - This article presents the underlying philosophy of Sustain City, an educational serious game system that engages students, particularly prospective and beginning science and engineering students, in a series of engineering design challenges. Various strategies implemented in Sustain City for achieving a balance of fun and learning are discussed, including narrative-learning synthesis, supplementing the player's actions with feedback, and the development of a sufficient guidance system. The evaluation of Sustain City deployment is also presented. The assessment confirms the values of the serious games in promoting students' interests and learning in STEM fields.
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U2 - 10.4018/ijgbl.2014100103
DO - 10.4018/ijgbl.2014100103
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922929850
VL - 4
SP - 37
EP - 57
JO - International Journal of Game-Based Learning
JF - International Journal of Game-Based Learning
SN - 2155-6849
IS - 4
ER -