Category: English
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A qualitative evaluation study of introducing game-based learning methods during pre-service teachers’ Internship
I am very pleased to share a new publication with you. It is a publication I have worked on for no less than 6 years! The article describes the results of a game course in which two GBL (game-based learning) methods were tested with master’s level 2 students in secondary education (English and sports): on…
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Assessing student perceptions of professionalization measures and coherence after the 2011 French curriculum reform
Together with my colleague Christine Schmider, I participated for 3 years in the Erasmus+ program ConnEcTEd: Coherence in European Teacher Education. Creating transnational communities of practice through virtual scenarios. The internationalisation of teacher education (TE) and the creation of a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) were essential for enhancing professional development, cooperation, and mobility in…
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An Analysis for the Identification of Use and Development of Game Design Strategies as Problem Posing Activities for Early Childhood Learners
In this conference paper, George Kalmpourtzis et al. observe that examining and identifying the way that designers approach game design could support the improvement of game design curricula. The paper further explores how kids in the early childhood approach develop and apply game design strategies during participatory game design sessions. During a period of three…
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Assessment of Co-Creativity in the Process of Game Design
In this article (open access), Romero et al. consider game design as a sociocultural and knowledge modelling activity, engaging participants in the design of a scenario and a game universe based on a real or imaginary socio-historical context, where characters can introduce life narratives and interaction that display either known social realities or entirely new…
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A game-based learning approach to teach mathematics to unaccompanied minors in Paris
In this conference paper, Iro Bartzia and Cindy De Smet discuss their experiences with a game-based learning approach to teach mathematics to unaccompanied minors. Their conference paper discusses the conception and the realization of a serious game whose first objective is the discovery of different domains of mathematics by problem solving and the development of…
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Proceedings of the ANR# CreaMaker workshop: co-creativity, robotics and maker education.
From April 1st till April 3th 2019 an international research seminar entitled “Co-créativité et numérique” has been organized, as part of the ANR-project #CreaMaker, by the research group LINE @ Université Côte d’Azur. The proceedings of this conference have been edited by Laura Cassone, Margarida Romero, Thierry Vieville, Cindy De Smet & MbembaNdiaye. We cite…
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Conference paper: Quand le TPACK rencontre la créativité. When TPACK meets creativity.
De Smet Cindy, Romero Margarida, Heiser Laurent. Laboratoire d’Innovation et Numérique pour l’Education, ESPE Académie de Nice, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis. Au sein du labo LINE, nous avons développé un dispositif visant à analyser le TPACK et les perceptions et les attitudes vers la créativité auprès d’un groupe d’élèves professeurs de l’ESPE de Nice. Les…
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I just started my second year as a professor @ ESPE Académie de Nice (teacher department) of Université Nice Sophia Antipolis. Unfortunately, on a personal level, last year wasn’t really “a grand cru”. I was hit on my head by a falling pineapple (no joke), leaving me K.O. for a couple of months. This year will…
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Differential impact of learning path based versus conventional instruction in science education
This article ‘Differential impact of learning path based versus conventional instruction in science education‘, analyzes the differential impact of the instructional formats on learning outcomes, considering variations in group setting and group composition. Given the focus on science learning, gender was also considered. Multilevel analysis was applied, and the results show empirical evidence for superior…
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A Qualitative Study on Learning and Teaching With Learning Paths in a Learning Management System
This article, ‘A Qualitative Study on Learning and Teaching With Learning Paths in a Learning Management System‘, presents the findings of a qualitative study (carried out between 2011 and 2013) about the adoption and implementation of learning paths within a Learning Management System (LMS). Sixteen secondary school biology teachers of the GO! Network in Flanders…