Usability Evaluation of Imikode Virtual Reality Game to Facilitate Learning of Object-Oriented Programming

Many empirical studies have shown that educational games and recent technologies impact education and increase learning effectiveness, students’ motivation and engagement. The overall aim of this study is to evaluate the usability of Imikode, a virtual reality (VR) game that was developed to introdu...

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Published in:Technology, knowledge and learning Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 1871 - 1902
Main Authors: Sunday, Kissinger, Oyelere, Solomon Sunday, Agbo, Friday Joseph, Aliyu, Muhammad Bello, Balogun, Oluwafemi Samson, Bouali, Nacir
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2023
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence
College Freshmen
Computer Games
Computer Science Education
Computer Simulation
Creativity and Arts Education
Design
Distribuerade datorsystem
Education
Educational Games
Educational Technology
Educational virtual reality game
Error feedback
Evaluation
Feedback (Response)
Games
HCI design and evaluation methods
Human computer interaction (HCI)
Immersive learning
Instructional Effectiveness
Intelligent agents
Learning
Learning and Instruction
Learning Experience
Object oriented programming
Original Research
Pervasive Mobile Computing
Program Evaluation
Programming
Questionnaires
Science Education
Software
Student Satisfaction
Students
Usability
Usability testing
Virtual reality
HCI design and evaluation methods
Human computer interaction (HCI)
Object-oriented programming
Educational virtual reality game
Usability testing
ISSN:2211-1662, 2211-1670, 2211-1670
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Summary:Many empirical studies have shown that educational games and recent technologies impact education and increase learning effectiveness, students’ motivation and engagement. The overall aim of this study is to evaluate the usability of Imikode, a virtual reality (VR) game that was developed to introduce the concepts of object-oriented programming to novices. The improved version of the Imikode VR game consists of three features: An artificial intelligence component designed to provide real-time error feedback to users, an intelligent agent that guides and teaches users how to play the game and finally, the integration of multiple game play that gives learners more opportunities to explore the VR environment for greater immersive learning experience. This study adopted a survey approach and recruited first-year computer science students to measure learner satisfaction with educational virtual reality games and examined the correlations among the attributes of the Usefulness, Satisfaction and Ease of Use questionnaire of usage of Imikode. The results showed that the students were satisfied with Imikode and perceived the virtual reality educational game as very useful for learning object-oriented programming concepts. In addition, there was a correlation among the questionnaire variables, which means that researchers can use the instrument for future usability studies in the context. We further proffered some design recommendations for building software tools.
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ISSN:2211-1662
2211-1670
2211-1670
DOI:10.1007/s10758-022-09634-6