Do We Learn While we Play Games ? Exploring The Effectiveness Of Online Role-play Gaming In The Acquisition Of Complex And Tacit Knowledge
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The study examines how online role-playing games facilitate the acquisition of complex and tacit knowledge through immersive experiences and social interactions. Results indicate that players benefit from initial guided learning (chauffeuring), leading to higher task completion rates compared to self-managed approaches. Specifically, chauffeured players showed a significant advantage in understanding and completing complex tasks within the game context.
Do We Learn While we Play Games ? Exploring The Effectiveness Of Online Role-play Gaming In The Acquisition Of Complex And Tacit Knowledge
- 1. Exploring The Effectiveness Of Online Role-play Gaming In The Acquisition Of Complex And Tacit Knowledge 53rd Annual IACIS International Conference San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 2-5, 2013 Christian Wagner Victor Dibia City University of Hong Kong
- 2. • Interesting and captivating • Useful skills? • Only “how to” in the game world? • Knowledge complexity • Knowledge tacicity • Difficulty in learning? • Need for chauffeuring?
- 3. Role Playing Games are a genre of computer games where players achieve
- 4. • Class of games • Thousands to Millions of concurrent users • Playing against each other (PvP) or against the environment (PvE) • Assume a role (purposeful play) • Persistence and progression • Social interaction Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Games
- 5. • Immersive 3D MMPORG – assume a character • PVE/PVP – “cleanse Azeroth” • Expertise points and levels (non-linear) for solving quests (and learning) • Most successful MMPORG of all time – Over 10 million subscribers (peak) – 62% market share (peak) • “You play World of Warcraft? You’re hired!” (Brown and Thomas 2006)
- 6. PLAN(PLAN) Multiple cause-effect steps which lead to achievement of a goal Cause-effect (CE) hat happens when you …. Concept (CON) Status information, non – physical Physical Object Attribute (POA) Attributes of physical objects Physical Object (PO) Questions about physical items … Creating Evaluating Analyzing Applying Understanding Remembering Explicit -- Simple Complex -- Tacit
- 7. (Complex) Knowledge acquisition can be difficult and has a steep learning curve. What would be the effect of an initial period of “limited demonstration” chauffeuring on knowledge acquisition and task completion ?
- 8. n Task 1 Task 2 Post Experiment Group 1 15 Chauffeured Self Managed Questionnaire Group 2 20 Self-Managed 35 participants recruited by word of mouth and email, randomly assigned to two groups. Briefing Task 1 Task 2 Questionnaire De-briefing
- 9. Role Playing Games are a genre of computer games where players achieve What weapon did your character wield ?
- 10. SK CK t p Completion Rate All Subjects Mean 0.8086 0.5571 5.196 .000 Std.Dev 0.1792 0.1764 n 27 27 Chauffeured Mean 0.8413 0.5000 5.531 .000 100% Std.Dev 0.1475 0.1775 n 14 14 Self-managed Mean 0.7735 0.6186 2.128 .027 65% Std.Dev 0.2084 0.1594 n 13 13 1 hour long experiment. 27 out of 35 participants completed the tasks in the experiment.
- 11. • 85% recall rates for simple knowledge vs.55% for complex knowledge. Do players know more than they can tell? Can this be related to the organizational setting via serious games ? • 65% completion rates for self-managed players vs. 100% for chauffeured players For complex games, an initial chauffeuring effort leads to better performance outcomes.
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