NDLI: We Play We Learn: Exploring the Value of Digital Educational Games in Rural Egypt

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Lazem, Shaimaa Jad, Hussein Aly
Abstract	The Egyptian education system faces urgent challenges. Proposed governmental reforms tend to focus on increasing access to physical and digital resources. There is insufficient understanding as to how the provided resources are currently used in rural areas. We explored the extent to which digital technology could motivate primary students to collaboratively learn a challenging topic in the National Mathematics Curriculum. We designed and researched a digital game to support memorizing multiplication facts. We used an incentive structure that encouraged individual learning with rewarding teamwork. The game was tested with mixed ability and gender groups of students using the Teams-Game-Tournament collaboration technique. A key outcome was that the students with educationally disadvantaged backgrounds benefited from using the game format. They devised their own play and study strategies. We discuss implications on future designs of the game, and considerations for its integration in Egyptian schools.
Starting Page	2782
Ending Page	2791
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450346559
DOI	10.1145/3025453.3025593
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2017-05-02
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Play Game-based learning Egypt Games Ictd Ict4d Hci4d Edutainment Collaborative learning
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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We Play We Learn: Exploring the Value of Digital Educational Games in Rural Egypt