{"id":685247,"date":"2017-11-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=3fa8a7d5d9040069164a087a8271d24c"},"modified":"2017-11-21T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T00:00:00","slug":"informal-physics-learning-from-video-games-a-case-study-using-gameplay-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=685247","title":{"rendered":"Informal physics learning from video games: a case study using gameplay videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researching informal gameplay can be challenging, since as soon as a formal study design is imposed,<br \/>\nit becomes neither casual nor self-motivated. As a case study of a non-invasive design, we analyze<br \/>\npublicly posted gameplay videos to assess the effectiveness of a physics educational video game on<br \/>\nspecial relativity. These videos offer unique insights into informal learning through gaming, as<br \/>\nplayers do not only describe the gameplay mechanics, but also explore physics concepts in a<br \/>\nthink-aloud fashion while they ponder the experience and effects. We find that while this<br \/>\nmethodology has substantial limitations, it is complementary when it comes to assessing motivations<br \/>\nand attitudes, as well as to gathering data on conceptual hurdles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researching informal gameplay can be challenging, since as soon as a formal study design is imposed,<br \/>\nit becomes neither casual nor self-motivated. As a case study of a non-invasive design, we analyze<br \/>\npublicly posted gameplay videos to assess the effe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-685247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=685247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=685247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=685247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=685247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}