Integrating an Educational Game in Moodle LMS

Authors:
Miroslav Minovic;Miloš Milovanovic;Jelena Minovic;Dušan Starcevic
Affiliations:
School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia;School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Venue:
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The authors present a learning platform based on a computer game. Learning games combine two industries: education and entertainment, which is often called "Edutainment." The game is realized as a strategic game similar to RiskTM, implemented as a module for Moodle CMS, utilizing Java Applet technology. Moodle is an open-source course management system CMS, which is widely used among universities as an eLearning platform. Java Applet enables development of rich-client applications which are executed in web browser environment. During the game, players receive questions from specified Moodle quiz, and all answers are stored back into Moodle system. Students can later verify their score and answers, and examine the test that they actually worked on during the game. This system supports synchronous as well as asynchronous interaction between players.