Title :
A Survey on How Online Games Usability Affects the Retention of Information
Author :
Papaloukas, Spyridon ; Stoli, Christina ; Patriarcheas, Kiriakos ; Xenos, Michalis
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Comput. Sci., Hellenic Open Univ., Patras, Greece
Abstract :
This paper evaluated the usability of two selected online games “Age of Mythology” and “Seven Kingdoms”, investigating the role of user perceived usability in the process of information retention. Evaluation performed by combining heuristic evaluation and user observation. Simultaneous the results of heuristic evaluation and information retention were verified by the use of questionnaires. The overall aim was to study how usability of a game affects the element of the learning process, which is the retention of information through images.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; computer games; user interfaces; Age of Mythology; Seven Kingdoms; heuristic evaluation; information retention; learning process; online game; Games; History; Presses; Tutorials; Usability; Visualization; heuristics; information memorisation; long-term memory; online games; short-term memory; usability evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Informatics (PCI), 2010 14th Panhellenic Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tripoli
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7838-5
DOI :
10.1109/PCI.2010.11
