Experimental development of competitive digital educational games on multi-touch screen for young children

Xiaohua Yu, Mian Zhang, Jie Ren, Huifang Zhao, Zhiting Zhu

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Abstract

Multi-touch technology offers us a new opportunity to develop digital educational games (DEGS) for children. Current researches are focusing on the area of cooperative learning, and the devices used are mostly horizontal. Can we develop competitive DEGS for children? How would it look like if these games are shown on vertical screens? Based on these assumptions, we did some experimental development researches. In this paper, the design and implementation of four competitive DEGS are introduced, each of which targeting a specific kind of intelligence (verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical and visual-spatial) based on the theory of multiple intelligences. Tryout was made on some preschool children and the problems encountered are analyzed. The experiences gained in the whole process are summarized in the end.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEntertainment for Education
Subtitle of host publicationDigital Techniques and Systems - 5th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2010, Proceedings
Pages367-375
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event5th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2010 - Changchun, China
Duration: 16 Aug 201018 Aug 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6249 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on E-learning and Games, Edutainment 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChangchun
Period16/08/1018/08/10

Keywords

  • Competitive Game Design
  • DEGS
  • Multi-touch
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Preschool Education

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