Title :
Development of a Game-based Learning System Using Toy Robots
Author :
Chou, Li-Der ; Liu, Tzu-Chien ; Li, David Chunhu ; Chen, Yi-Shou ; Man Tat Leong ; Lee, Pei-Husn ; Lin, Yi-Chun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan
Abstract :
How to motivate students to learn and improve the efficiency of interactive teaching is a challenging issue. The purpose of this study is to develop a new game-based learning system using toy robots to enhance students´ learning motivation and effectiveness. The new learning system integrated wireless communication technologies, digital multimedia contents, world map, many attractive tri-dimensional toy models and toy robots, etc. Two learning modes are designed to assist the teacher in teaching and the students can perform a self or active learning. With the help of our new game-based learning system, the students are motivated to learn knowledge as though they are playing the game with toy robots. As a result, the students´ learning quality is significantly improved.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; interactive systems; knowledge engineering; multimedia computing; radiocommunication; robots; digital multimedia content; game-based learning system; integrated wireless communication technology; interactive teaching; knowledge learning; student learning; teacher assistance; toy robots; tri-dimensional toy model; Bluetooth; Computers; Education; Games; Learning systems; Robot sensing systems; development; game; learning system; motivate; multimedia; robot; toy;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-209-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-3761
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2011.65