Playing is associated to pleasure and fun whereas academic learning is associated to effort and hard work. Many research has shown the benefits of introducing games in academic teaching as a way to improve learning. Curiosity is also important when learning. Indeed, when curiosity is awakened, people learn without resistance. In order to improve the learning experience, a serious game was integrated in a MOOC. The use of a serious game as a form of evaluation in a MOOC is a true innovation in education: students would play a video game where different situations were presented and they would solve problems related to the courses. Innovating in education is certainly a challenge. Although integrating a serious game in the MOOC platform needed a considerable amount of technical effort, it was an absolute success: the completion rate was high (31%) with a great percentage of young students (49%) following the courses.

1. Integrating a serious game in a MOOC
to promote new skills.
“Learning by doing!”
eMOOC 2015 – Mons - Session 5 – Experience Track – 19/05/2015

2. Olivier Bernaert
• Context – IFP School
• The Sustainable Mobility MOOC
• Serious Game in a MOOC ?
Why ?
• Technological Challenges
• Outcomes
• Perspectives
Content
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Context
IFP School – Applied School
PROJECT OF A FIRST MOOC
 Applied graduate programs
 Students/engineers and young professionals
 Energy and transport sectors.
 350 students, 50% outside France, 50 nationalities
PEDAGOGICAL PROJECT “ELAN PEDAGOGIQUE”
 Skills approach
 Learning design

4.  Sustainable Mobility: Technical and environmental challenges
 MOOC interest for an applied school ? Real skills development ?
 MOOC integration inside our masters @School ?
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MOOC objectives
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
 National and International
 Attract students/engineers from all over the world
INSTITUTIONAL VISIBILITY
RECRUITMENT

5. Serious Game
Interactions,“Know how”
MOOC
Lectures videos, Quiz
5
MOOC Project
Design
Instructional Design
1 project leader
1 instructional design
7 teachers
2 com. officers
Animation
Marketing
NEW
5
Design
Instructional design
1 project leader
1 instructional design
7 teachers
2 com. officers
Story Board

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Serious Game in the MOOC Canvas LMS

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Serious Game - Refinery Simulator

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A Serious Game in a MOOC environment

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Interest of a Serious Game in MOOC ?
 Targeted population = Students!
 Attract young public: dynamism (versus quiz)
 Cartoon environment, sound effects
 Video games
 Situational learning / Practice in a realistic environment
 Multiple environments
 Refinery
 Engine test bench
 “Gamification”
 Fun environment
 Avatar selection
 Challenge (points to gain)

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Interest of a Serious Game in MOOC ?
 Student centered, students are the core of the game
 Problems to solve are complex (compared to quiz)
 Refinery simulator
 Motivation (and completion rate)
 High interactivity activities (drag/drop, actions like valve
opening)
 Learning by “trial and error”: unlimited number of trials
 Real skills development by putting knowledge into
practice: “Learning by doing”

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Technical Challenges
One of the first Serious Game in a MOOC
 Web technology HTML5, serious game
developed by aPi-learning
 Integration in the open source CANVAS
LMS platform, hosted by UNOW
 Integration via LTI app standard (Learning
Tools Interoperability)
 No need for any plugin installation
 Scores directly inside the CANVAS
student gradebook + avatars management
 Game runs on PC and tablets (Android
and IOS) including sound management

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Technical Challenges
 Massive Environment (MOOC)
 Large population of users
 Graphic and files size optimization
 Users access game directly from the
LMS, no difference with other
courses activities (iFrame displays)
 Adaptation to the specific LMS of
the School (SCORM 2004)

13. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
France
Spain
India
Italy
Venezuela
Countries
0% 20% 40% 60%
Age
Under 24
25-34
45-54
35-44
55-64
Over 65
40%
2%1%
51%
5%
Professional
Professor
Retired
Student
Unemployed
Professional status
23%
76%
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1. UPV - Valencia
2. INSA
3. ENIM - Monastir
4. Chimie Paris
5. ENSAM
Main Schools

14. Outcomes - Interests for an applied School
 “The serious games was great because you work like real job”
 “The serious games enable us to put what we just learned into
practice. Therefore, we get a better understanding of the course .”
 “The serious games is an alternative way of testing. That way a
participant does not feel the subconscious anxiety and pressure that
a normal test provokes but it is a more relaxed and comfortable way
of testing that ensures better performance.”
 “The serious game could be far more developed and replace the
quiz’s that are very academic and not really interesting.”
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15. Achievements : completion rate
Source of the initial graphic : http://www.katyjordan.com/MOOCproject
Outcomes – Completion rates
Average = 15%

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High level of participants
satisfaction…
 53% - SG helped to have a
better understanding of the
lectures
 43% - SG increased the
course interest
 96% used the SG and found
the activities interesting
Outcomes - Key numbers in a nutshell

17. LMS - MOOC
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Masters
programs at
IFP School
Sustainable
Mobility MOOC
LMS - IFP SCHOOL
Outcomes
IFP School
DIPLOMA
CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLETION
 New resources for our students @ school
RESSOURCES
• Videos
• Quiz
• Peer to peer
• Serious Game

18.  3099 MOOCers from 67 countries
 In total, 51 % of students followed this MOOC (vs 10%-20% in france)
 31% of registered people obtained the certificate (vs 15% avg.)
 59 % of active participants obtained the certificate
Positive results in line with the targeted public and objectives
mainly explained by the Serious Game integration
in the MOOC.
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Outcomes - Key numbers in a nutshell

19. MOOC « Mobility »
 New edition 2nd November 2015
• Serious Game
• More interactivity: Engine simulator
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Perspectives and Conclusion
MOOC « Oil&Gas »
 Started 11th May 2015
 > 18700 participants from 120 countries
 2 mains innovations !
• All quizzes replaced by mini-games
• Interactive videos

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Perspectives – MOOC « Oil & Gas »
15 Mini-games to
replace ALL the quizzes
using technology
developed for the
Serious Game (LTI app)
2 Interactive Videos
?

21.  IFP School
• maria-alejandra.thirouard@ifp.fr
• olivier.bernaert@ifpen.fr
 aPi- Learning
• remy.crepon@api-learning.com
• Funding director of aPi-Learning
 UNOW
• ypetit@unow.fr
• Co-founder of UNOW
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