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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Pump It up! – Conception of a Serious Game Applying in Computer Science

Authors : Daniela Janßen, Christian Tummel, Anja Richert, Daniel Schilberg, Sabina Jeschke

Published in: HCI International 2015 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Student attrition in mechanical engineering at German universities currently lies at about 40 %. A lacking sense of practical relevance for a future career are often named as reasons to quit studies. Over the past decade online games have become very popular for educational purposes. The approach of game-based learning, however, has proven to be suitable to motivate students. At RWTH Aachen University engineering students are imparted the relevance of computer science for their field through an e-learning environment including the online game Pump it up! The paper describes the conception and game design of the game including didactical and technical requirements related to it.

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Metadata
Title
Pump It up! – Conception of a Serious Game Applying in Computer Science
Authors
Daniela Janßen
Christian Tummel
Anja Richert
Daniel Schilberg
Sabina Jeschke
Copyright Year
2015
Book
HCI International 2015 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-21382-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-21383-5

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21383-5_43