This paper describes and discusses the evaluation of an educational virtual reality game that teaches students multiple domains such as biology, history, spelling and mathematics. The game was built so that it could increase the students’ motivation and engagement while they were taught. The evaluation of the educational game consisted of two parts: The first part consisted of a comparison betw...

This article shows the application of Item Response Theory (IRT) for educational evaluation using games. The article proposes a computational model to create user profiles, called Psychometric Profile Generator (PPG). PPG uses the IRT mathematical model for exploring the levels of skills and behaviors in the form of items and/or stimuli. The model was integrated with an educational game. The ga...

Objective: This study is intended to advance patient safety by demonstrating the effectiveness of coupling surveillance report performance feedback with evidence-based educational materials and other communications that help hospitals identify priorities and methods for medical injury prevention. Methods: Medical injury surveillance findings are reported semiannually to hospitals to support the...

To arrive at relevant and reliable conclusions concerning the usability of a hypermedia educational e-book, developers have to apply a well-defined evaluation procedure as well as a set of clear, concrete and measurable quality criteria. Evaluating an educational tool involves not only testing the user interface but also the didactic method, the instructional materials and the interaction mecha...

This paper aims at analyzing the evaluation of information and communication technology (ICT) in educational settings in France. First, it focuses on some characteristics of the French educational system and analyzes the trend towards a more decentralized management of education, which raises several important issues, including the trend for central evaluation to evolve from control to communic...

This paper presents the approach followed for the evaluation of the educational system of the Informatics Course in the Hellenic Open University. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation method itself, which is general enough to be applied in similar evaluation cases, and on the discussion of the lessons learned during this evaluation. The presented method can be used for the improvement of the two...