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Design Guidelines for Educational Games Targeting Children

Authors:
Emma Nilsson
Marie Sjölinder
Åsa Cajander
Olov Ståhl
Erik Einebrant

Keywords: educational games; child-computer interaction; design guidelines; game design.

Abstract:
There exists a wide range of frameworks with design guidelines within child-computer interaction and educational games. However, hardly any frameworks can be found that combine both these areas. This work aims to develop accessible and easily applicable design guidelines aimed towards educational games for children. A literature review was conducted within the areas of games, educational games, and child-computer interaction. From the publications, 42 guidelines within educational games and child-computer interaction were elicited. The guidelines were applied and tested on a healthcare application. Based on the outcome of the evaluation, formulations of the guidelines were updated and resulted in a new, more easily applicable compact version of the framework, named the Educational Games for Children (EGC) framework, presenting 24 guidelines within educational games for children.

Pages: 370 to 377

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2020

Publication date: March 22, 2020

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-761-0

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 21, 2020 to November 25, 2020