Case Study: Tycoonstructor improves real-time learning feedback in serious games with SURF’s Gamebrics

Measuring learning outcomes of serious gaming during the game

The Open University, the customer, faced the challenge of not being able to adequately measure students' learning progress in real-time while they were engaged in serious games; feedback was typically only available after gameplay had concluded. To address this, they worked with vendor SURF, utilizing a tool for integrating analytical rubrics.

The solution from SURF was the Gamebrics tool, which integrates analytical rubrics directly into serious games. This provided students and lecturers with a real-time dashboard to monitor learning progression during gameplay. The results showed that this integration led to higher learning gains, with students feeling more competent and completing activities more efficiently with fewer mistakes.

Tycoonstructor

Hans Hummel

Project Leader