Accessibility of Kahoot! And Quizizz: Utilizing Educational Games with Elderly Students

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dc.contributor.authorForssell, Mirkka
dc.contributor.authorHassan, Lobna
dc.contributor.authorTurunen, Markku
dc.contributor.authorAura, Isabella
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-31T20:35:03Z
dc.date.available2023-05-31T20:35:03Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractLearning is a lifelong process and the ways of learning and teaching have been changing in recent years, reform traditional classroom teaching to interactive, entertaining, and engaging teaching. Recent years have shown the popularity of educational games as a pedagogical method for children and youth in particular. Games are often employed to engage, inspire and motivate learners, as well as to support teachers in delivering various pedagogical content. Learning and teaching methods are in the transition phase. However, only scarce literature exists on the utilization of educational games with older adults and the elderly. Additionally, the understanding of how accessible educational games are for the senior citizens is still limited. Educational games are often utilized in classrooms, next to traditional teaching methods. In such situations, the accessibility of a whole gaming session must be taken into consideration to ensure inclusion. It is thought that there are general barriers to their use of (game) technology such as psychological apprehension of technology, as well as physiological barriers, e.g., visual, hearing and other bodily impairments. Hence, this article examines the utilization of the educational games of Kahoot! and Quizizz, as well as their perceived accessibility with elderly students. Through surveys and observational data gathered from 27 participants in four different sessions, the results point to several issues in terms of accessibility, game tempo, as well as issues related to the classroom space design, such as lighting and size of the board on which the games are projected. However, similar to younger audiences, the elderly appears eager to engage with educational games, especially with appropriate game design and facilities.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3593743.3593760
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4702
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 11th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
dc.subjectLifelong learning
dc.subjectQuizizz
dc.subjectElderly
dc.subjectKahoot!
dc.subjectUsability
dc.subjectAccessibility
dc.subjectEducational games
dc.titleAccessibility of Kahoot! And Quizizz: Utilizing Educational Games with Elderly Studentsen
dc.typeText/Conference Paper
gi.citation.publisherPlaceNew York, NY, USA
gi.citation.startPage75–84
gi.conference.locationLahti, Finland

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