Aplicando tecnologias sociais no desenvolvimento de jogos educativos digitais

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to demonstrate that the characteristics of social networks and educational games can be combined to create social educational games that stimulate students to study. Initially, bibliographic reviews in the areas of social networks and of educational games were conducted, in such a way as to identify the main positive qualities existing in both. Next, this work suggests manners of combining these qualities of social networks and educational games to create educational social games. After this slightly more theoretical step, a small game was developed using Twitter as the social network and working platform to demonstrate the feasibility of creating social educational games possessing the positive qualities of both social networks and educational games. The results found through the evaluation of the developed game demonstrate that the combination of qualities of social networks and educational games can contribute to favor the learning process.