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Insights from Children’s Game Play: Learning and Motivation in Online Environments

This study explores children's experiences while playing online games, specifically within the context of popular platforms like Club Penguin. By observing a group of children aged 4 to 10 in a game camp, researchers examined their interactions, motivations, and learning outcomes. Key findings include the importance of collaborative play, engagement with game worlds, and the social dynamics of teaching and learning through gameplay. Future research aims to investigate cross-cultural differences in gameplay experiences between the US and Brazil.

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Insights from Children’s Game Play: Learning and Motivation in Online Environments

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  1. When reusing this work, please cite its original source and authors Source: www.educacaoaberta.org/rea This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License Paper presented at the 1st. International Symposium on Open Educational Resource: Issues for Globalization and Localization April 11-13, 2011 –Utah State University Logan, Utah USA

  2. “It’s a penguin world!”: what can we learn from children’s game play? Daisyane Barreto Michael Orey

  3. Introduction • Working with Disney for the past 3 years on curriculum and game design • Current work is in Club Penguin (Jelly Bean Game for example) • CP is currently in 5 languages – English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French • Localization means translate (Dumb?)

  4. Jelly Beans

  5. Research purpose This study examined children’s experience in playing online games within a popular game environment.

  6. Research Questions • What kind of experiences do children have playing online games? • What are the motivational aspects of playing online games? • What are children learning from these experiences?

  7. Research Context A four-hour long game camp. Seven children (from 4 to 10 years old). There were tree boys and four girls in the camp. Interactions and activities of participants in playing online games were videorecorded and observed.

  8. Data collected Five videorecordings of children playing online games: Field notes from researchers

  9. Data sample

  10. Data sample

  11. Preliminary findings • Playing together • Getting Bored • Connecting with the game world • Reading symbols/texts within games • Teaching others how to play

  12. Future research • Cross-cultural comparison (US vs Brazil) • Think-aloud protocols

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