A Review of User Experience (UX) Frameworks for Educational Games
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User Experience (UX) is a part of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and have been a topic of discussion among the researchers in current age. UX research is vital to understand how users react or experience with a particular system both from users and systems perspectives. This study explore about the UX design of educational games (EG). Educational games have attracted many researches due to its popularity among the younger generation. However, its consumption among students and schools are still very much lacking. Thus it is important to understand the design issues that may contribute enhancement of user experience while using the applications. This initial study review and discuss several UX frameworks for the purpose of educational games UX design evaluation. Knowledge of UX design for EG will benefit the games designer for helping them design a better game.
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تاریخ انتشار 2015