Analysis of Online Climate Change Games: Exploring Opportunities

Online games have been proposed as a promising tool for communication and education. Taking into account the new communicative paradigm of young people and the fact that climate change is one of the main threats to their future, this paper presents a checklist of indicators validated using the Delph...

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Autors principals: Ouariachi Peralta, Tania, Olvera Lobo, María Dolores, Gutiérrez Pérez, José
Format: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicat: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2017
Accés en línia:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/1298
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Sumari:Online games have been proposed as a promising tool for communication and education. Taking into account the new communicative paradigm of young people and the fact that climate change is one of the main threats to their future, this paper presents a checklist of indicators validated using the Delphi method to analyze the communicative elements of online climate change games targeting young people, and illustrates their use and usefulness with a qualitative analysis of a sample of games produced in Spain. This exploratory study maintains that online climate change games are shaping up to be innovative strategies, thanks to their immersive narrative and interactivity, among other features, which are used to meet the communicative and educational challenges regarding climate change: causes are made visible, actions are portrayed as local, uncertainty is avoided, contextualized information is provided in a positive and proactive tone, and a critical thinking approach is encouraged through decision-making.