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Mobile Game Based Learning

Author(s) -

Anupama Roy,

Mike Sharples

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of mobile and blended learning

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 1941-8655

pISSN - 1941-8647

DOI - 10.4018/ijmbl.2015010101

Subject(s) - bridging (networking) , citizen journalism , psychology , peer education , computer science , multimedia , medical education , participatory action research , role playing , game based learning , intervention (counseling) , pedagogy , knowledge management , world wide web , sociology , political science , health education , medicine , computer network , health care , psychiatry , anthropology , law

This paper describes an investigatory project to pilot an SMS based game to enhance the training of peer educators of MSM Males having Sex with Males groups in India. The objective of this research was to increase the efficacy of the MSM peer educators by bridging the gap between the training needs and their real life experiences. An SMS based game was designed using participatory approaches as a learning support, upholding their real life experiences in game form. The game was designed on an existing platform which provides text role-play games accessed through SMS messages. This paper examines the learning benefits. The findings show that after the intervention the peer educators had better understanding of peer education and organizational support. They also learnt to think critically.

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