Towards a structural model for intention to play a digital educational game

Xu Sun; Effie Lai Chong Law

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14484-4_5

Towards a structural model for intention to play a digital educational game

Xu Sun, Effie Lai Chong Law

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Abstract

Computer games are very popular among children. There is increasing interest to apply computer game in education to render learning more attractive and motivating. However, it remains to be explored what factors drive children to play educational games. In this paper, we investigate impacts of game narrative and player's characteristics (e.g. gender, personality) on children's intention to play a digital education game. The results revealed that effect of game narrative, gender, and sensation seeking personality are significant factors in predicting children's gameplay intention. Implications of this study are discussed from perspectives of academic research as well as educational game design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transactions on Edutainment IV
Pages	44-55
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14484-4_5
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2010 - Changchun, China Duration: 1 Aug 2010 → 1 Aug 2010

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	6250 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2010
Country/Territory	China
City	Changchun
Period	1/08/10 → 1/08/10

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Sun, X & Law, ELC 2010, Towards a structural model for intention to play a digital educational game. in Transactions on Edutainment IV. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 6250 LNCS, pp. 44-55, 5th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2010, Changchun, China, 1/08/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14484-4_5

Towards a structural model for intention to play a digital educational game. / Sun, Xu; Law, Effie Lai Chong.
Transactions on Edutainment IV. 2010. p. 44-55 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 6250 LNCS).

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