On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity

This paper describes the design and evaluation of "Enigma Bio", an educational escape room activity that aims to convey the abstract concept of biodiversity to children between 11 and 13 years of age, making them aware of the importance of climate change and its impact on biodiversity. The...

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Autores: González Calero, Pedro Antonio, Camps Ortueta, Irene, Gutiérrez Sánchez, Pablo, Gómez Martín, Pedro Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Educational escape room
Serious games
Games at museums
Augmented reality game
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spelling On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room ActivityGonzález Calero, Pedro AntonioCamps Ortueta, IreneGutiérrez Sánchez, PabloGómez Martín, Pedro PabloEducational escape roomSerious gamesGames at museumsAugmented reality gameInteligencia artificial (Informática)1203.04 Inteligencia ArtificialThis paper describes the design and evaluation of "Enigma Bio", an educational escape room activity that aims to convey the abstract concept of biodiversity to children between 11 and 13 years of age, making them aware of the importance of climate change and its impact on biodiversity. The design of Enigma Bio is closely linked to the Biodiversity exhibition at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid, designed for a visit in groups of between 20 and 30 children, with an approximate duration of one hour, running on mobile devices and including augmented reality technology. The purpose of this research is to determine whether, in the case of educational escape room activities in museums with a limited time duration, it is more effective to have a pre-session introducing the topic. Our hypothesis is that without the context of the pre-explanation, the playful component of the game may be too powerful and may cause children not to pay enough attention to the message that the game intends to communicate, and even more so when dealing with a complex message such as the effect of climate change on biodiversity. To answer this research question, we follow an A/B testing experimental design involving two groups of children, one of which received an introductory talk on biodiversity and climate change before going to the museum and the other did not. The experimental design is completed with a pre-post evaluation of the children's environmental awareness by means of a previously validated questionnaire. The results of the experiment provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of the pre-session introduction in enhancing the learning outcomes of short educational escape room activities. Significant differences were observed between pre- and post-activity tests, indicating a moderate overall increase in awareness scores within both individual groups (A and B) as well as across the combined results. The findings suggest that the pre-session introduction indeed plays a role in enhancing students' awareness of the targeted message. These results represent a breakthrough in the e-learning practice that will be of value to other designers of educational escape rooms with a limited time duration.ACPILUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20242024-08-2820242024-08-28journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131032reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1310322026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
title On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
spellingShingle On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
González Calero, Pedro Antonio
Educational escape room
Serious games
Games at museums
Augmented reality game
Inteligencia artificial (Informática)
1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial
title_short On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
title_full On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
title_fullStr On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
title_full_unstemmed On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
title_sort On the Importance of Contextualizing an Educational Escape Room Activity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González Calero, Pedro Antonio
Camps Ortueta, Irene
Gutiérrez Sánchez, Pablo
Gómez Martín, Pedro Pablo
author González Calero, Pedro Antonio
author_facet González Calero, Pedro Antonio
Camps Ortueta, Irene
Gutiérrez Sánchez, Pablo
Gómez Martín, Pedro Pablo
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Gutiérrez Sánchez, Pablo
Gómez Martín, Pedro Pablo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Educational escape room
Serious games
Games at museums
Augmented reality game
Inteligencia artificial (Informática)
1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial
topic Educational escape room
Serious games
Games at museums
Augmented reality game
Inteligencia artificial (Informática)
1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial
description This paper describes the design and evaluation of "Enigma Bio", an educational escape room activity that aims to convey the abstract concept of biodiversity to children between 11 and 13 years of age, making them aware of the importance of climate change and its impact on biodiversity. The design of Enigma Bio is closely linked to the Biodiversity exhibition at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid, designed for a visit in groups of between 20 and 30 children, with an approximate duration of one hour, running on mobile devices and including augmented reality technology. The purpose of this research is to determine whether, in the case of educational escape room activities in museums with a limited time duration, it is more effective to have a pre-session introducing the topic. Our hypothesis is that without the context of the pre-explanation, the playful component of the game may be too powerful and may cause children not to pay enough attention to the message that the game intends to communicate, and even more so when dealing with a complex message such as the effect of climate change on biodiversity. To answer this research question, we follow an A/B testing experimental design involving two groups of children, one of which received an introductory talk on biodiversity and climate change before going to the museum and the other did not. The experimental design is completed with a pre-post evaluation of the children's environmental awareness by means of a previously validated questionnaire. The results of the experiment provide valuable insights into the effectiveness of the pre-session introduction in enhancing the learning outcomes of short educational escape room activities. Significant differences were observed between pre- and post-activity tests, indicating a moderate overall increase in awareness scores within both individual groups (A and B) as well as across the combined results. The findings suggest that the pre-session introduction indeed plays a role in enhancing students' awareness of the targeted message. These results represent a breakthrough in the e-learning practice that will be of value to other designers of educational escape rooms with a limited time duration.
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