RT journal article
T1 Games for Teaching Software Project Management: An Analysis of the Benefits of Digital and Non-Digital Games
A1 Calderón Sánchez, Alejandro
A1 Petri, Giani
A1 von Wangenheim, Christiane Gresse
A1 Ruiz Carreira, Mercedes
A1 Borgatto, Adriano F.
A2 Ingeniería Informática
K1 educational games
K1 Software Project Management
K1 evaluation
K1 digital games
K1 non-digital games
K1 MEEGA+
AB Driven by the need to provide more hands-on opportunities to computing students,educational digital and non-digital games have been used as an instructional strategy forteaching Software Project Management (SPM). However, a question that arises is to whichregard the expected benefits of these games are real. Thus, the objective of this study is toanalyse the benefits of digital and non-digital games used for SPM education in order toevaluate their quality in terms of player experience and perceived learning adopting theMEEGA+ evaluation model. The analysis is based on data collected from 27 case studies,evaluating 11 different SPM games, involving a population of 562 students. Results provideevidence that both digital and non-digital games contribute positively to the students’ perceivedlearning, as well as to social interaction, being considered relevant to students’ learning, andpromoting fun. A slightly higher usability degree was observed with respect to digital gamesdue the easiness to learn how to play the games. On the other hand, a slightly more positiveevaluation of the achievement of the learning objectives of non-digital games has beenobserved. The results of this study may guide instructors in the selection of games as aninstructional strategy for SPM education and/or game creators with respect to aspects to beconsidered in the development of new educational games in order to maximize their benefitsand continuous improvement.
SN 0948-6968
YR 2018
FD 2018-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34603
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34603
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 22-sep-2026