A Model Driven Architecture MDA Approach to Facilitate the Serious Game Integration in an e-Learning Environment.
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| Title: | A Model Driven Architecture MDA Approach to Facilitate the Serious Game Integration in an e-Learning Environment. |
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| Authors: | Aouadi, Nada1 nadaaouadi@yahoo.fr, Pernelle, Philippe2 philippe.pernelle@univ-lyon1.fr, Marty, Jean-Charles1 jean-charles.marty@liris.cnrs.fr, Carron, Thibault3 thibault.carron@lip6.fr |
| Source: | Proceedings of the European Conference on Games Based Learning. 2015, Vol. 1, p15-24. 10p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Mobile learning, *Educational games, *Educational technology, *Video games, *Metadata |
| Abstract: | The development of serious games has increased remarkably in recent years. Serious games provide motivation, dynamism and attractiveness and as a result, they have been integrated more and more into e-learning practices. This integration involves the creation of adapted and entertaining scenarios resulting from the gamification of learning processes and potentially of industrial processes. These game-based scenarios are generally executed thanks to a serious game environment but they should also be integrated more broadly into general learning paths. The creation and integration of serious games represent an expensive process in terms of time and funding. A conventionally simplified approach consisted in using standards. Many standards exist for pedagogical scenarios. Unfortunately there are almost none defined for gamification and/or game-based scenario integration in order to reuse their elements. In this article, we propose a contribution that offers a suitable design and smooth integration of game-based scenarios into learning environments by (re)using existing standards and an engineering model-driven approach. Specifically, we use the methodology proposed by the OMG MDA. Several e-learning standards have been proposed, such as LOM, SCORM and IMS-LD. LOM is a standard used for describing interoperable and reusable learning objects in order to be able to exchange information. These standards are not capable of representing all of the dimensions of serious games as they neglect the fun aspects such as the type of the game, motivation and the integration of games in e-learning environments. However, several studies propose metadata schemes based on the LOM standard to describe serious games (LOMFR-SG, SG-LOM). From these two approaches, we propose a generic enriched description of metadata for serious games in order to characterize a generic meta-model. This meta-model represents an independent level of abstraction. Then, according to MDA, we propose a meta-model suitable for our generic Learning Adventure platform, as well as the Claroline Connect one (LMS). Our contribution permits a smooth integration of serious games in e-learning environments. We propose the use of MDA to facilitate the implementation of generic concepts within an existing Serious game platform and e-learning environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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