Co-designing Cards on Social Issues for Creating Educational Games

This paper presents a participatory methodology to design cards on social issues with the purpose to democratise knowledge among co-designers on the learning content of educational games. Situated on the topic of everyday sexism, the methodology has been developed through an iterative process involving two collaborative workshops, two iterations of card design and a feedback survey. Extracting findings from the workshops and the feedback gathered on the co-designed cards, this paper presents insights that could be used to inform similar studies using cards to inspire and foster reflection on social issues.

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Christina Myers

Lara S. G. Piccolo

Trevor Collins

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-5

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[0001]The Open University

Milton Keynes, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.164

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

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Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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[1] A. Amory 2007 Game Object Model Version II: A Theoretical Framework for Educational Game Development Educ. Technol. Res. Dev 55 51 77

[2] S. ArnabT. LimM.B. CarvalhoF. BellottiS. FreitasS. LouchartN. SuttieR. Berta, A. De Gloria 2015 Mapping learning and game mechanics for serious games analysis Br. J. Educ. Technol 46 391 411

[3] M. BarretoM. RyanM. Schmitt 2009 The glass ceiling in the 21st century: Understanding barriers to gender equality

[4] J.C. BeckerJ.K. Swim 2011 Attention to Daily Encounters With Sexism as Way to Reduce Sexist Beliefs Psychol. Women Q 35 227 242

[5] M.B. CarvalhoF. BellottiR. BertaA. De GloriaC.I. SedanoJ.B. HaugeJ. HuM. Rauterberg 2015 An activity theory-based model for serious games analysis and conceptual design Comput. Educ 87 166 181

[6] J. ChowM. KusoffskyA. Kurti 2016 From Abstract to Concrete: Telling Math Stories with Cards in: Proceedings of the 14th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Interactive Exhibitions, Workshops - Volume 2, PDC ’16 ACM New York, NY, USA 90 91

[7] S. De JansK. Van GeitV. CaubergheL. HuddersM. De Veirman 2017 Using games to raise awareness: How to co-design serious mini-games? Comput. Educ 110 77 87

[8] Y. DengA.N. AntleC. Neustaedter 2014 Tango cards URL http://dl-acm-org.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/citation.cfm?doid=2598510.2598601

[9] A. DeSmetD. ThompsonT. BaranowskiA. PalmeiraM. VerloigneI.D. Bourdeaudhuij 2016 Is Participatory Design Associated with the Effectiveness of Serious Digital Games for Healthy Lifestyle Promotion? A Meta-Analysis J. Med. Internet Res 18 e94

[10] M. Flanagan 2010 Tiltfactor | Grow-A-Game URL http://www.tiltfactor.org/game/grow-a-game/

[11] M. FlanaganJ. BelmanHelen NissenbaumJ. Diamond 2011 Grow-A-Game: A Tool for Values Conscious Design and Analysis of Digital Games

[12] J. Freedman 2014 Reclaiming the Feminist Vision: Consciousness-Raising and Small Group Practice McFarland & Co, Jefferson North Carolina

[13] M. GolembewskiM. Selby 2010 Ideation Decks: A Card-Based Design Ideation Tool

[14] K. HalskovP. Dalsgärd 2006 Inspiration Card Workshops in: Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, DIS ’06 ACM New York, NY, USA 2 11

[15] F. KensingJ. Greenbaum 2012 Heritage: Having a say. Routledge Int. Handb. Particip. Des 21–36

[16] J. KwiatkowskaA. SzóstekD. Lamas 2014 (Un)Structured Sources of Inspiration: Comparing the Effects of Game-like Cards and Design Cards on Creativity in Co-design Process in: Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers - Volume 1, PDC ’14 ACM New York, NY, USA 31 39

[17] A. LuceroJ. Arrasvuori 2013 The PLEX Cards and its techniques as sources of inspiration when designing for playfulness (PDF Download Available) URL http://www.researchgate.net/publication/264824212_The_PLEX_Cards_and_its_techniques_as_sources_of_inspiration_when_designing_for_playfulness

[18] S. MelvilleK. EcclesT. Yasseri 2017 Semantic Map of Sexism: Topic Modelling of Everyday Sexism Project Entries

[19] J.-L. Roubira 2008 Dixit. BoardGameGeek URL http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39856/dixit

[20] Sarachild 1968 Consciousness-Raising: A Radical Weapon’

[21] J. VinesM. BlytheS. LindsayP. DunphyA. MonkP. Olivier 2012 Questionable Concepts: Critique As Resource for Designing with Eighty Somethings in: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI ’12 ACM New York, NY, USA 1169 1178

[22] R. WetzelT. RoddenS. Benford 2016 Developing Ideation Cards for Mixed Reality Game Design

[23] M. Wood Daudelin 1996 Learning from experience through reflection. Organ. Dyn 24 36 48

[24] M.J. ZawadzkiS.A. ShieldsC.L. DanubeJ.K. Swim 2013 Reducing the Endorsement of Sexism Using Experiential Learning: The Workshop Activity for Gender Equity Simulation (WAGES) Psychol. Women Q 38 75 92

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