This document discusses a research project that uses game-enhanced learning (GEL) to increase student engagement in natural science courses. It presents several digital and non-digital games developed by Drs. Graham and Marsham including Pipette Party, Sense of Scale, and Shore Thing. Based on initial student feedback, the games were well received and more effective than traditional lectures. The researchers plan to continue developing additional games, recruit more student interns, and refine existing games in the next year.

1. Does game-enhanced learning
have potential to increase student
engagement?
Game on!
Dr Alison Graham and Dr Sara Marsham
Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University
4th Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Conference

2. GEL under-
researched in
natural
sciences
Non-digital
games
Flow

3. Pipette
Party
Sense of
Scale
Shore
Thing

4. Pipette
Party
Sense of
Scale
Shore
Thing
Initial
feedback
from students
is positive.

5. Pipette
Party
Sense of
Scale
Shore
Thing

6. Pipette
Party
Sense of
Scale
Shore
Thing
A BLand Sea

7. The
Future
Continue project into next year
Recruit more student interns
Continue to trial and refine
current games

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NuGEL: Dr Alison Graham, Dr Sara Marsham, Alicia
Becker, Daryl Holliday, Nicholas Valori
Contact us: alison.graham@ncl.ac.uk,
sara.marsham@ncl.ac.uk, nugel@ncl.ac.uk
Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/AlisonGraham15
http://www.slideshare.net/SaraMarsham/presentations
@alisonigraham
@sara_marine
@GELNewcastle
Thank you to Newcastle University's Innovation
Fund and School of Natural and Environmental
Sciences for funding this project, and to Siân
Heys for slide design ideas.

9. Pipette
Party
Sense of
Scale
Shore
Thing