These are the slides of my presentation at the GALA Conference 2013 (www.galaconf.org) celebrated in Paris in October 2013. In this presentation we provide the main lessons learned in the last years on how to evaluate serious games through experimental research. You can also see a narrated video version of this presentation on Youtube: http://youtu.be/1adNftYngRE

1. Learning Analytics and Educational
Games: Lessons Learned from Practical
Experience
Ángel Serrano-Laguna , Javier Torrente, Borja Manero, Ángel
del Blanco, Blanca Borro-Escribano, Iván Martínez-Ortiz,
Manuel Freire, Baltasar Fernández-Manjón
Presented at the GALA Conference 2013, 24th October 2013,
Paris (http://www.galaconf.org/)

2. THE EXPERIMENTS
IN NUMBERS

3. 1,523 BD Size in MB
651 Students
13 Ed. institutions
4 Experiments & Serious games
1 Case where researchers=teachers

4. THE GAMES
Puzzle game
LOST IN SPACE
THE BIG PARTY
LA DAMA BOBA
Donations

7. ALL IS DONE IN-HOUSE
EXPERIMENT
DESIGN
GAME
DESIGN
&
DEVELOPMENT
STUDY
SUPPORT

8. Group Comparison
CG Vs EG
BestOption!
Vs
EXPERIMENT
Instruments
Pre and post tests
Learning Analytics

9. Target population
What appeals to
them?
Design for
Learning Analytics
GAME
DESIGN

10. Control is key!
PRACTICAL
ISSUES
Check absolutely
everything
Everyone is evil
until he proves the
opposite
Use simple
technology

11. Thanks for your attention!!
Questions?
Javier Torrente
jtorrente@fdi.ucm.es