Designing Effective Simulation Games for Active Learning in Systems Engineering
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2019-04
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Wan, Hung-da
Gupta, Nihar
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American Society for Engineering Education
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Simulation games have been an effective method of teaching, especially for Systems Engineering concepts. The hands-on activities facilitate active, experiential, and collaborative learning with fun elements. Many simulation games have been developed in the past, but not all are equally effective. How to design a simulation game that is effective and easy to implement? This paper attempts to identify the key design factors that affect the performance of simulation games for teaching systems engineering concepts. By reviewing designs of several existing simulation games, important design factors were identified and verified. With these factors, a more effective way to design new simulation games has been suggested.
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Wan, H., & Gupta, N. (2019, April), Designing Effective Simulation Games for Active Learning in Systems Engineering Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Meeting, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Austin, TX 78705. https://peer.asee.org/31572