Digital game-based learning, especially massively multiplayer online games, has been
touted for its potential to promote student motivation and complex problem-solving …

Game-based learning environments hold significant promise for STEM education, yet they
are enormously complex. C rystal I sland: U ncharted D iscovery, is a game-based learning …

Evidence suggests that experienced instructional designers often use heuristics and
adapted models when engaged in the instructional design problem-solving process. This …

The important but little understood problem that motivated this study was the lack of research
on valid assessment methods to determine progress in higher-order learning in situations …

There has been ongoing debate regarding the efficacy of teaching instructional design
models to novice designers given that experienced instructional designers often use …

This exploratory study examined differences in the problem representations of a case‐based
situation by expert and novice instructional designers. The experts and half of the novices …

The central thesis of this chapter is that emerging technologies such as digital games
compel educators, educational researchers, and instructional designers to conceptualize …

This thesis reviews and utilizes concepts from cognitive psychology, developmental
psychology and game design to bring forth a number of design principles for educational …

Section 5 suggests ten designs steps to integrate the learning into the gameplay.
Consecutively, Section 6 illustrates the ten steps of embedding the learning content in the …

Experienced instructional design practitioners often use personal rules of thumb (heuristics)
when engaged in the instructional design problem-solving process. It could be beneficial for …