Matching serious games with museum’s educational roles: smart education in practice
Interactive Technology and Smart Education
ISSN: 1741-5659
Article publication date: 30 May 2019
Issue publication date: 23 September 2019
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to present a meta-analysis of the use of serious educational games in museums. The analysis is based on a critical literature review that maps educational roles of museums against serious educational games used in support of those roles. The meta-analysis focuses on the specific context of informal learning in museums.
Design/methodology/approach
The research design presented in this study is based on a meta-analysis research design that consists of a critical literature review, a multi-matrix representation of findings of the literature review and a conceptual visualization of the multidisciplinary area of the usage of serious games in support of educational roles in museums.
Findings
Clear and detailed categorizations of educational roles and serious games types for informal learning are presented. These are followed by matching these educational roles with published reports of the use of serious games within museums. The study concludes with observations and a conceptual map of the design of serious games for museums.
Originality/value
This study presents the first meta-analysis of research in this emergent multidisciplinary field. It will help serious game designers, museum educators and educational practitioners to make decisions regarding the choice of game type, customization and content design to support informal learning in the specific context of museum educational activities.
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Citation
Wang, M. and Nunes, M.B. (2019), "Matching serious games with museum’s educational roles: smart education in practice", Interactive Technology and Smart Education, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 319-342. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITSE-03-2019-0013
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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