Comparing Usability, User Experience and Learning Motivation Characteristics of Two Educational Computer Games

Omar Álvarez-Xochihua, Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino, Mario Muñoz-Organero, Carlos Delgado Kloos, José A. González-Fraga

2017

Abstract

Educational computer games are very popular nowadays and can bring a lot of benefits to improve the learning process. Usability, user experience and learning motivation are important factors in the design of educational computer-based games. Although there are existing educational games designed under these principles, there is a need of comparison between different educational tools in order to try to understand which design criteria can make a tool more successful than another. This work presents the results of a comparison between two competitive educational games. The study was conducted with 41 master students evaluating two competition-based educational computer games. The study, based on quantitative and qualitative data, has shown features that might drive to better usability, user experience and learning motivation. Additionally, we found a strong positive correlation among usability and user experience with learning motivation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Álvarez-Xochihua O., Muñoz-Merino P., Muñoz-Organero M., Delgado Kloos C. and González-Fraga J. (2017). Comparing Usability, User Experience and Learning Motivation Characteristics of Two Educational Computer Games . In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-249-3, pages 143-150. DOI: 10.5220/0006338901430150

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis17,
author={Omar Álvarez-Xochihua and Pedro J. Muñoz-Merino and Mario Muñoz-Organero and Carlos Delgado Kloos and José A. González-Fraga},
title={Comparing Usability, User Experience and Learning Motivation Characteristics of Two Educational Computer Games},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2017},
pages={143-150},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006338901430150},
isbn={978-989-758-249-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - Comparing Usability, User Experience and Learning Motivation Characteristics of Two Educational Computer Games
SN - 978-989-758-249-3
AU - Álvarez-Xochihua O.
AU - Muñoz-Merino P.
AU - Muñoz-Organero M.
AU - Delgado Kloos C.
AU - González-Fraga J.
PY - 2017
SP - 143
EP - 150
DO - 10.5220/0006338901430150