Using an alternate reality game to facilitate student engagement during orientation

Sarah Glencross; Sandra Elsom; Marguerite Westacott; Colleen Stieler-Hunt

doi:10.5204/ssj.v10i2.1298

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Using an alternate reality game to facilitate student engagement during orientation

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Using an alternate reality game to facilitate student engagement during orientation

Sarah Glencross, Sandra Elsom, Marguerite Westacott and Colleen Stieler-Hunt

Student Success, Vol.10(2), pp.13-22

2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5204/ssj.v10i2.1298

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An alternate reality game was designed to facilitate transition and engagement amongst students commencing a tertiary preparation program at a regional university in Australia. The design of the game was informed by a student engagement framework which proposes four psychosocial constructs which mediate engagement at the intersection between student and institutional influences: self-efficacy, belonging, well-being, and emotion. The 108 participants completed a survey which measured these constructs prior to the commencement of the game. Game players (n = 13) were surveyed again immediately after the game. The results of statistical analysis indicated that game players reported agreater sense of well-being and more positive emotions than the group surveyed before the game.

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Title: Using an alternate reality game to facilitate student engagement during orientation
Authors: Sarah Glencross (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Sandra Elsom (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Marguerite Westacott (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Colleen Stieler-Hunt (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
Publication details: Student Success, Vol.10(2), pp.13-22
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology
Date published: 2019
DOI: 10.5204/ssj.v10i2.1298
ISSN: 2205-0795
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Tertiary Access - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy; Community Engagement; Engage Research Lab; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450658202621
Output Type: Journal article

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