Existing apps for learning biodiversity at schools

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Existing apps for learning biodiversity at schools

Original language description

Using games in a learning environment can support 21st Century skill development and sup-port formal education in schools. In this paper, we present the identification and evaluation of existing apps and serious games which could be used to teach biodiversity and conservation as identified by teachers in five European countries. Teachers were asked to select free-sourced, computer apps from the internet and determine their efficacy in meeting learning objectives. A total of 86 different apps were selected and were placed within three major groups: static digital resources (such as electronic atlases, bird sounds, etc.), in- teractive digital resources (simulation or quizzes), and serious games. Most apps (43%) were iden- tified as providing pupils with the opportunity to acquire conceptual knowledge (mostly serious games), while 37% of apps had a declarative knowledge compo-nent (these were primarily static and interactive digital resources). 44% of apps identified were strategy-type and 28% were simula- tion. Most (41%) of the existing apps were identified as suitable from 9 to 11 years old children or 15-18 yr. olds (20.5%). Overall, there are a wide range of free and available apps which could be used in a variety of ways to teach key learning objectives from within the scope of biology and ecology. Surpris-ingly, 57 % of the apps identified were only supported by Windows hardware. This may limit opportunities if schools focus on the purchase of tablets rather the purchase or maintenance computer hardware. Teachers need to assess the apps for themselves and determine if the app can be supported and if it is appropriate for their particular class.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

TEALEAF - Academic book : (Erasmus + Project 2014-FR01-KA201-008559)

ISBN

978-961-253-213-0

Number of pages of the result

13

Pages from-to

35-47

Number of pages of the book

93

Publisher name

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education

Place of publication

Ljubljana

UT code for WoS chapter

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