Game-Based Learning Analytics: Insights from an Integrated Design Process

Maurice Boothe, Madhumitha Gopalakrishnan, Mischa Huynh, Yanzhi Wang, Xavier Ochoa

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Abstract

Game-Based Learning Analytics (GBLA) is a method of integrating Game-Based Learning and Learning Analytics to enhance the effectiveness of the learning process in educational games by providing actionable learning analytics information to players within the game environment. This paper presents initial insights from an integrated design process to achieve this goal. Through a series of interdisciplinary workshops culminating in a participant playtest session, this paper highlights the challenges and opportunities that arise from this integration. The findings point to the importance of early consideration of learning analytics in game design, the challenges of conceptualizing the differences between game feedback and learning feedback, and how learners interpret learning feedback within the context of the game. This work lays the groundwork for future research and development in the interaction between Game-Based Learning and Learning Analytics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSerious Games - 10th Joint International Conference, JCSG 2024, Proceedings
EditorsJan L. Plass, Xavier Ochoa
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages108-123
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783031741371
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event10th Joint Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2024 - New York City, United States
Duration: Nov 7 2024Nov 8 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume15259 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference10th Joint Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York City
Period11/7/2411/8/24

Keywords

  • GBLA
  • feedback
  • game-based learning
  • learning analytics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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