A MULTI-DOMAIN FRAMEWORK FOR MODELLING EDUCATIONAL GAMES: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL GAMES

A game-based learning allows leveraging on young learners preference towards
playing games to turn games into tools for learning. The complex nature of an
educational game that covers various knowledge domains such as learning theories,
the subject being thought and the gaming activities warrants for modeling to be part of
the educational game development such that effectiveness of the educational game
can be better ensured. In relation to that, a framework consisting of elements and their
relationships ofan educational game, with the aim of highlighting how these elements
relate to each other to gain effectiveness should be considered. Therefore, a
systematic literature review has provided a wider aspect on the types of educational
game elements, and existing frameworks and models. Hence, this study proposes a
multi-domain framework with connecting elements to present implicit relationships
for game developers to understand theoretical aspects of educational games.