User Experience of Educational Games: A Review of the Elements

Abstract Over the recent years, the study on User Experience (UX) have been an area of discussion among Human Computer Interaction (HCI) researchers. User Experience is a branch of HCI which focus on interaction between products and users thus in the era of growing digital games, UX plays an important part in identifying the appropriate or suitable variable in order to evaluate the UX design. This study explore about the UX elements for the purpose of evaluation and design of educational games (EG). EG have captivated most students with the idea of mixing fun with learning. A good framework of UX for educational game will help EG designer to evaluate the UX of their games in order to ensure that they have produced the effective game. Therefore, it is essential to identify the suitable elements in order to model the right UX framework for educational games.

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