Assessment of a Web-Based Learning Game in an Information Systems Course

Abstract

For decades, instructors have used games to facilitate student leaming. More recently, the availability of the World Wide Web and Web authoring tools have greatly expanded the opportunities for instructors to utilize online leaming games. Web-based leaming games would appear to have particular appeal to the "digital generation " of leamers who have grown up playing computer and video games. However few previous studies have evaluated the use of online leaming games. This study addresses this issue through the application of an online game called FlashGame, developed using Macromedia® Flash''''^, in two mass sections of an introductory infonnation systems course. A survey was administered at mid-semester to assess participants ' usage and perceptions of this game. Since web-based leaming games are at an early stage of development, the fmdings provide important insight and raise implications for instructors about the use of online games to support student leaming.

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