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Title:
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USING INTERACTIVE EDUTAINMENT LEARNING SYSTEM (IELS) PROTOTYPE TO MOTIVATE LEARNING IN NIGERIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS |
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Author(s):
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Peter K. Oriogun, Hadiza Ismaila, Omotayo Madein, Paul Lazarus |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-04-3 |
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Editors:
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Demetrios G Sampson, J. Michael Spector, Dirk Ifenthaler and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2011 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Cognitive psychology, mental model, human-computer interaction, usability, education, edutainment |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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249 |
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Last Page:
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254 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The main goal of this research is to make learning fun for Nigerian primary school children. We developed an edutainment system called IELS, a unique software prototype within sub-Saharan Africa. Cognitive psychology and mental model informed the design of the system throughout. This facilitated encouragement and reward as an approach to making learning fun for primary school children. We believe that the design of our IELS prototype could be generic for software designers with respect to their design decisions, forming the tactics to implement edutainment systems for primary school children worldwide. The limitation of our work is the fact that our sample size is small and we were operating within rural part of Nigeria, which means that the scalability of our findings may need to be strengthened with further empirical study. |
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