The document discusses the pedagogical design and development of digital educational games. It addresses how educational games can be designed to incorporate learning through enjoyment, engagement, and motivation. The educational design of such games can explore tasks through thinking and testing, check knowledge through games, and deepen understanding through problem solving in context. Technical development of educational games involves content requirements, multimedia development like video taping, programming interactive elements, and providing feedback and scoring. Overall, educational games provide opportunities for students to develop higher-order thinking skills.

1. Digital educational game: pedagogical design and development Paula Hodgson, HKU Donald Man, Showcase R & D Agnes Fong, PolyU 1

2. Learning contains Enjoyment Engagement Motivation 2

3. Enjoyous? Engaged? Motivating? 3

4. Learning through educational games Enjoyous? Engaged? Motivating? 4

5. Educational design Digital game-based learning can be designed through a combination of actions, including experimentation, reflection, competitive or cooperative activity, and discussion (Gros 2007). 5

6. Learning through educational games Exploring procedure in conducting tasks through thinking, testing and reinforcement Checking knowledge through playing a board game Deepening understanding through Inquiry and solving problems in context 6

7. Educational design of educational game (1) Learning through thinking and analysis Testing Reinforcement through observing the skills required 7

8. Playing with computer-generated player Multimedia cases Feedback Overall scoring 8 Educational design of educational game (2)

9. Exploring around the situation Identifying key elements in solving a problem Examining additional information required to solve a problem 9 Educational design of educational game (3)

10. Value of educational games Providing learning opportunities for students developing higher-order thinking skills, such as strategic thinking, interpretative analysis, problem solving, plan formulation and execution, and adaptation to rapid change (FAS 2007). 10

11. Technical development of small scale educational game (1) Content Requirements: Procedures of the task Types of feedback Technical Development: Video taping Developing game in flash 11

12. Technical development of small scale educational game (2) Content Requirements: Question bank; multimedia cases Types of feedback Technical Development: Player, computer-based player Scoring Programming 12

13. Technical development ofinquiry-based educational game (3) Stages 1: Understanding the content ; learning challenges Stage 2~7: Designing a learning game framework with students 13

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17. Acknowledgement Dr Josephine Csete (eLDSS) Educational Development Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kitty Chan, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University So, Kit Ying, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ken Cheung, Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 17

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