Investigating the Role of Minecraft in Educational Learning Environments

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Robotics; Information Technology; Electronic Learning; Educational Games; Computer Games; Technology Uses in Education; Foreign Countries; Handheld Devices; Internet; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods; Adolescents; Case Studies; Student Surveys; Questionnaires; Play; Active Learning; Student Projects; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Observation

10.1080/09523987.2016.1254877

0952-3987

This research paper identifies the way in which Minecraft Edu can be used to contribute to the teaching and learning of secondary students via a multiple case research study. Minecraft Edu is recognised as a gamification tool that enables its users to create and evaluate project-based learning activities within a classroom context. Learning through edugames was found to enhance learning as well as allow students to attain overall learning outcomes. This permitted an enhancement of engagement, collaboration, the creation of authentic learning activities as well as the attainment of learning outcomes. The role of the teacher was also found to play a considerable role in students attaining these twenty-first-century teaching and learning capabilities.

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2016

EJ1120546