Game Effectiveness of Power Ville in Promoting Science and Engineering Design

This paper presents a virtual reality (VR) game, Power Ville, which aims to infuse cyberinfrastructure (CI) learning experiences into the pre-engineering classrooms and to promote science and engineering design. The design and implementation of the game are described in detail with the focus on the CI features, metacognitive strategies, context-oriented approaches as well as their seamless integration into core game play.