Fostering students' creativity through video game development

Ximena López; Carlo Fabricatore

doi:10.1109/ICALT.2012.123

Fostering students' creativity through video game development

Ximena López, Carlo Fabricatore

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Abstract

This study focuses on the impact of video game development as an approach to educate individuals for the demands of creative industries such as video games. Questionnaires were administered to 38 students enrolled in two educational programs which involved developing video games. Findings suggest that developing video games creates an exceptional setting to promote the students' creativity, due to characteristics of the task and of the work environment generated by this activity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2012
Pages	340-341
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780769547022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2012.123
Publication status	Published - 16 Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	12th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies: ICALT 2012 - Rome, Italy Duration: 4 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Conference	12th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	4/07/12 → 6/07/12

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