Πλοήγηση ανά Συγγραφέας "Smyrnakis, Athanasios"

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    "Dinotopia" a visual serious game. An application for education purposes.
    (Τ.Ε.Ι. Κρήτης, Σχολή Τεχνολογικών Εφαρμογών (Σ.Τ.Εφ), ΠΜΣ Πληροφορική και Πολυμέσα, 2018-09-12) Smyrnakis, Athanasios; Σμυρνάκης, Αθανάσιος
    Games in education have always been a tool for increasing motivation and interest of the students. What is presented here is a serious game with a purpose to motivate the student to learn about paleontology. The game is developed for Android OS, which nowadays is the most well-established platform for mobile devices. Through a virtual world with visual dinosaur’s models, students are able to move around and “meet” with some of the most known spices of Mesozoic era by using various interaction abilities of the game such as moving, eating, sleeping and even attacking that probably make these models more realistic. The present thesis develops a virtual game for the Android OS based platform dedicated for the elementary kids who wish to explore and learn about a lost world that no longer exist: The world of dinosaurs. The actual purpose of this game is not just the interaction of the students with the dinosaurs but the knowledge that would be acquired through the interaction with their figures. Learning through fun could be the actual description of this work which is trying to meet some of the educational standards of learning and educating such as basic information’s of these ancient animals. Through gaming experience students would be able to distinguish the shape, the body anatomy, and the way these dinosaurs used to move and react. Of course, this game can’t replace the books or any teaching methods. This serious game proposes is to prod the students to learn more about this ancient period of time. The developed game is not entirely completed to be given to schools for learning. Instead, it is an example of how serious games with lots of afford can be developed by individuals or groups and make students to be inspired to learn through entertainment. This game as a basic pattern and a pilot for further development.