Lighting the ‘virtual’ fire of learning

This research was a pragmatic mixed-methods study into the effectiveness of a literacy game, The Mythical World of Hīnātore. A large amount of data was collected. From 109 participants there were diagnostic tests, mind-set surveys (two per respondent), game surveys, class writing tests, and journal reflections. Not all 109 respondents completed post-game surveys and there was TEC online literacy data (two sets) for approximately 40 participants. There were also surveys completed by lecturers who trialed the literacy game. There was a second group of narrative inquiry participants. The data includes repeated interviews with these participants plus the transcriptions of all interviews. Most of the thematic analysis into the narrative inquiry information and the open questions on surveys was conducted manually. The digital part of this data is available here. There is also further survey data on SurveyMonkey. The paper data is contained in three boxes in a locked filing cabinet.

本研究为一项实用主义混合方法研究，旨在探究读写能力游戏《Hīnātore的奇幻国度》（The Mythical World of Hīnātore）的应用成效。本次研究共收集了海量数据：针对109名参与者开展了诊断测试、思维模式调查问卷（每名受访者填写两份）、游戏体验调查问卷、课堂写作测试及反思日志。并非全部109名受访者均完成了游戏后调查问卷，另有约40名参与者提供了两组TEC在线读写数据。参与该读写游戏试用的授课教师也提交了相关调查问卷。本研究设有第二组叙事探究参与者，相关数据包含对该组参与者的多次访谈内容，以及全部访谈的转录文本。针对叙事探究资料与调查问卷开放题的主题分析，大多以人工方式完成。本数据集的数字化部分可在此处获取，另有更多调研数据存储于SurveyMonkey平台，纸质数据则收纳于带锁文件柜的三个档案盒中。