NDLI: Cloud Computing - An Educational Game on Weather Phenomena

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Edenhofer, S. von Mammen, S. Eckardt, K. Rauscher, J.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	We experience weather every day, yet many people do not know how different weather phenomena come about. In this work, we present "Cloud Computing", an educational game that instills a meaningful subset of the according relationships and mecha- nisms. In the game, weather phenomena are animated based on environmental parameters entered by the user. The user is engaged by "weather quests", for example the task to create a thunderstorm. The user improves his highscore and levels up solving such quests. The challenge of setting the parameters rises with an increasing level, but exuberant difficulty is diligently avoided. Intermittent tests and evaluations involving potential users determined the final design of the game. The available scientific data significantly shaped its basic structure as well as its aesthetics. Cloud Computing was thoroughly evaluated by more than thirty persons in order to ensure its effectiveness - both in terms of engagement and learning targets. The survey is included towards the end of this paper.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	4
File Size	20179163
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
e-ISBN	9781479981021
DOI	10.1109/VS-GAMES.2015.7295767
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-09-16
Publisher Place	Sweden
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Cloud computing Clouds Computational modeling Games Animation Meteorology Graphical user interfaces
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
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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