Gamification for Cultivating Social Awareness - A HIV Case

Leung Fee Ming Shannon & Toh Yee Shuen, Kaela

NRP EEEjr01A

Presentation Outline

1. Introductiona. Gamificationb. Human Immunodeficiency Virus

2. Aim and Objectives3. Hypothesis4. Methodology5. Results6. Limitations

Introduction

❖ Past V.S. Present➢ One learning method compared to multiple

❖ Past: long explanations (lectures)❖ Present: variety of ways, usually involving technology

➢ e.g. gamification

Boumová, Viera. "Traditional vs. Modern Teaching Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages of Each." 2008.

Gamification

❖ Definition: the use of game design elements in non-game contexts

❖ Games are familiar to many people

Deterding, S., R. Khaled, L. Nacke, and D. Dixon. "Gamification: Toward a Definition." CHI 2011 Gamification Workshop Proceedings, 2011.

Flatla, D., C. Gutwin, L. Nacke, S. Bateman, and R. Mandryk. "Calibration Games: Making Calibration Tasks Enjoyable by Adding Motivating Game Elements." UIST 2011, 2011.

❖ Factors that make game-based learning more effective➢ They increase engagement➢ They motivate people and reduce fear of failure➢ They improve performance and knowledge

Why Do educational games Help Students Learn? (2017, July 04). Retrieved from https://www.game-learn.com/why-videogames-help-students-learn/

Sitzmann, T. (2011). A Meta-Analytic Examination Of The Instructional Effectiveness Of Computer-Based Simulation Games. Personnel Psychology, 64(2), 489-528. doi:10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01190.x

Gamification

77,300,000People have been infected with HIV

"Global HIV & AIDS Statistics - 2018 Fact Sheet." UNAIDS. Accessed January 2, 2019. http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

❖ A lentivirus❖ Targets CD4 cells (lymphocytes)

➢ Healthy CD4 cell count: 500-1500➢ CD4 cell count of a person with AIDS: <200

"CD4 Count (or T-cell Count)." VA Clinical Public Health Programs: HIV/AIDS. June 21, 2005. Accessed December 28, 2019. https://www.hiv.va.gov/patient/diagnosis/labs-CD4-count.asp.

"What Are HIV and AIDS?" AVERT. November 15, 2018. Accessed December 28, 2019. https://www.avert.org/about-hiv-aids/what-hiv-aids.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

❖ Causes of the spread➢ Lack of education➢ Lack of money➢ Lack of medical care

Nsamenang, A. Bame (June 1995). Factors Influencing the development of psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa. Bamenda, Cameroon: Taylor and Francis. pp. 61–104.

Susan Hunter, "Black Death: AIDS in Africa", Palrave Macmillan 2003 chapter 2

Sud, Neha. "Health & Education in Africa". International Finance Corporation.

Our Aim

To determine if gamification can raise awareness for HIV

Our Objectives

1. Test the effectiveness of gamification as a learning method; and

2. Determine the type of learner that best suits gamification.

Our Hypothesis

❖ Gamification is able to increase knowledge of HIV❖ Gamification is best suited for visual learners

Creating the Game

❖ Emphasis was on how the game could educate people with regards to how HIV affects the human body

❖ Increase player engagement➢ Levels➢ Time limits➢ Increasing level of difficulty

❖ Easy to play➢ Easy controls

■ Left, right and up arrow keys■ Space bar

Surveys

❖ 2 surveys: pre-game and post-game❖ Pre-Game survey

➢ Prior knowledge of HIV?➢ Kind of learner?

❖ Post-Game survey➢ Current knowledge of HIV?➢ Was the game enjoyable?

Surveys

Pre-Game Survey

Surveys

Pre-Game Survey

Surveys

Post-Game Survey

Surveys

Post-Game Survey

Results

❖ Game was more effective and enjoyable for kinesthetic and visual learners

❖ Participants become more knowledgeable about HIV❖ Most are willing to incorporate gamification into learning

Limitations

❖ Restricted sample size➢ Similar demographics

❖ Effect of the physical environment➢ Unable to standardise it➢ Other distractions could be present

Bibliography

❖ Boumová, Viera. "Traditional vs. Modern Teaching Methods: Advantages and Disadvantages of Each." 2008.

❖ "CD4 Count (or T-cell Count)." VA Clinical Public Health Programs: HIV/AIDS. June 21, 2005. Accessed December 28, 2019. https://www.hiv.va.gov/patient/diagnosis/labs-CD4-count.asp.

❖ Cohen, Myron S., Nick Hellmann, Jay A. Levy, Kevin DeCock, and Joep Lange. "The Spread, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV-1: Evolution of a Global Pandemic." The Journal of Clinical Investigation. April 01, 2008. Accessed January 02, 2019. https://www.jci.org/articles/view/34706.

❖ Deterding, S., R. Khaled, L. Nacke, and D. Dixon. "Gamification: Toward a Definition." CHI 2011 Gamification Workshop Proceedings, 2011.

Bibliography

❖ Flatla, D., C. Gutwin, L. Nacke, S. Bateman, and R. Mandryk. "Calibration Games: Making Calibration Tasks Enjoyable by Adding Motivating Game Elements." UIST 2011, 2011.

❖ "Global HIV & AIDS Statistics - 2018 Fact Sheet." UNAIDS. Accessed January 2, 2019. http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet.

❖ Muntean, C. I. "Raising Engagement in E-learning through Gamification." ICVL 2011, 2011.

❖ Nsamenang, A. Bame (June 1995). Factors Influencing the development of psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa. Bamenda, Cameroon: Taylor and Francis. pp. 61–104.

Bibliography

❖ Sitzmann, T. (2011). A Meta-Analytic Examination Of The Instructional Effectiveness Of Computer-Based Simulation Games. Personnel Psychology, 64(2), 489-528. doi:10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01190.x

❖ Sud, Neha. "Health & Education in Africa". International Finance Corporation.

❖ Susan Hunter, "Black Death: AIDS in Africa", Palrave Macmillan 2003 chapter 2

❖ "What Are HIV and AIDS?" AVERT. November 15, 2018. Accessed December 28, 2019. https://www.avert.org/about-hiv-aids/what-hiv-aids.\

❖ Why Do educational games Help Students Learn? (2017, July 04). Retrieved from https://www.game-learn.com/why-videogames-help-students-learn/

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