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Exploring Creativity and Learning through the Construction of (Non-Digital) Board Games in HCI Courses

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ITiCSE '20: Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Pages 246 - 251

https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3387374

Published: 15 June 2020 Publication History

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Several non-technical skills - such as teamwork, verbal and written communication, time management, problem-solving, and critical thinking - are currently being highlighted in discussions about curriculum recommendations for the computing field. In the same way, methodological alternatives are discussed in order to support the development of these skills and engage students in the learning process. In this scenario, we report an experience carried out in three distinct Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) courses, in graduate and undergraduate programs, where the students created their own (non-digital) board games to explore specific HCI concepts. The experience involved 84 students. We observed student engagement during the proposed activities and their impressions of the impact of those activities on their learning process.

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Balakrishna C(2023)The Impact of In-Classroom Non-Digital Game-Based Learning Activities on Students Transitioning to Higher EducationEducation Sciences10.3390/educsci1304032813:4(328)Online publication date: 23-Mar-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040328
Silveira MSantos CBento Villela MGasparini IUchôa Conte T(2020)Badges for allProceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3424953.3426486(1-8)Online publication date: 26-Oct-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3424953.3426486

Index Terms

Exploring Creativity and Learning through the Construction of (Non-Digital) Board Games in HCI Courses
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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Balakrishna C(2023)The Impact of In-Classroom Non-Digital Game-Based Learning Activities on Students Transitioning to Higher EducationEducation Sciences10.3390/educsci1304032813:4(328)Online publication date: 23-Mar-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13040328
Silveira MSantos CBento Villela MGasparini IUchôa Conte T(2020)Badges for allProceedings of the 19th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3424953.3426486(1-8)Online publication date: 26-Oct-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3424953.3426486

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