In the context of heritage museums, the integration of game-based learning and gamification has garnered significant interest from academia, edutainment, and educational stakeholders. However, barriers such as high costs and lengthy development cycles hinder wider adoption of game-based learning, particularly among educators who lack of software development skills. This paper introduces a series of game-design workshops supported by a card-based toolkit aimed at simplifying the process of creating location-based games. These workshops serve a dual purpose: providing educators and museum stakeholders with an accessible toolkit for data collection and offering engaging game-based learning activities for young museum visitors aged 15-30. To achieve this goal, a pilot study was conducted in collaboration with the Guangzhou Maritime Museum, focusing on 47 university students aged 18-26 and 10 museum staff members visiting the Nanhai Temple, a heritage site with 1400-year history. Divided into five workshop sessions, participants utilized the card-based game-design toolkit to collaboratively develop 10 games centered around this historical site. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from this study indicated positive feedback on the value of co-creation toolkit acting as the instructional scaffolding to support informal learning. Insights gained from this research informed the refinement of the toolkit design, while the game ideas from workshops served as a foundation for mobile game development tailored to young museum visitors aged 15-30.

Authors:
Wenying Lu, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China

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Posted by Clive Staples Lewis

Last updated: 2023-02-23 23:45:00

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