A digital tool that makes educational games: the Brazilian context for teaching and learning

Authors

  • Patricia Margarida Farias Coelho Universidade de Santo Amaro - UNISA
  • Marcos Rogério Martins Costa Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.19.2.14758

Keywords:

Games educativo, Teoria, Aprendizagem, Plataforma digital

Abstract

In this study, we investigate the emergence of online games as part of the digital culture (Castells, 2013) and an analytical perspective of their results so far in the process of teaching and learning. For this, we present and discuss the empirical data collected in two evaluation reports (the Pilot Project and the Project/ Research undertaken with teachers), provided by the developers of a digital tool that creates online games. These reports are relevant as units of analysis, because they evaluate a Brazilian digital tool, FazGame (www.fazgame.com.br), which is used in the creation of online gaming process to insert, disseminate and transform education objects and learning. We observe that FazGame is an innovative proposal in the Brazilian educational scenario, because it enables the creation of games to be applied in the teaching and learning field. Our methodology involves discussing the theoretical concepts proposed by several scholars who pay attention to the potential of games inserted in the educational environment, and present the evidence empirical quantitative results FazGame presented in the two above mentioned reports. The results of both the Evaluation of FazGame's Report Pilot Project and the Project / Research with teachers indicate that the tool was well appreciated by the participants (95% acceptability) and is considered easy to use, fun and supportive in the educational process. Therefore, we understand from the data that it is possible, in the Brazilian context, to apply the tool in schools efficiently, according to the institutional and pedagogical context.

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Author Biographies

Patricia Margarida Farias Coelho, Universidade de Santo Amaro - UNISA

Fomada em Letras com Mestrado em Letras pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie e Doutora em Comunicação e Semiótica pela PUC-SP. Professora Titular do Mestrado Interdisciplinar em Cieências Humanas da   Universidade de Santo Amaro - UNISA. patriciafariascoelho@gmail.com; telefone 11983350143

Marcos Rogério Martins Costa, Universidade de São Paulo

Mestre em Letras e Psicanálise. Colaborador do Grupo Interdisciplinario de Estudio sobre la Educación (Brasil/México) e doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Semiótica e Linguística Geral da Universidade de São Paulo. Linha de trabalho nas áreas de Comunicação, Semiótica, Educação e Novas Tecnologias.

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Published

2016-07-01

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Farias Coelho, P. M., & Rogério Martins Costa, M. (2016). A digital tool that makes educational games: the Brazilian context for teaching and learning. RIED. Revista Iberoamericana De Educación a Distancia, 19(2), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.5944/ried.19.2.14758

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2016): Special Issue. Digital Games and Gamification applied in the ambit of Education

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