線上卡牌類桌遊編輯器：易用性與應用於教育領域之探討

Abstract

近年來，桌遊已經被廣泛應用在遊戲式學習的相關研究中。許多研究都指出，遊玩桌遊可以提高學習者的動機、參與度，以及學習成效。然而，在實際教育現場，桌遊融入教學有潛在的問題：桌遊數量不足、配件容易遺失、挑選符合教學目標的桌遊並不容易。這些問題都影響著教師將桌遊融入教學的實施意願。此外，各大數位學習平台，目前皆沒有採用遊戲式學習。很多數位學習平台為了提高學習者的課程完成率，都引入了獎勵機制，將學習歷程「遊戲化」。但是這些平台卻沒有運用真正的遊戲做為學習工具，並沒有進一步採用「遊戲式學習」。因為製作一款數位桌遊要花費許多時間與心力，為了特定學習內容專門製作一款遊戲，顯然不符合時間成本。 為了讓桌遊能更容易被應用於學習上，本研究開發了線上卡牌類桌遊編輯器系統。本系統提供許多客製化選項，使用者可以設定不同的遊戲元素，更有效率地製作出一款涵蓋學習內容的數位卡牌桌遊。本研究也進行了實驗，以驗證本系統是否達到預期的目標。實驗參與者需要使用本系統的各項功能，執行15項指定任務，完成一款卡牌桌遊。實驗結果顯示，本系統有足夠的易用性。大多數參與者都同意，與實體桌遊製作相比，使用本系統製作桌遊更有效率、更方便，系統也提供了適當的客製化選項，能夠重製出主流卡牌桌遊。

In Recent years, board games have been widely used in research on game-based learning. A lot of research indicates that, by playing board games, learners’ motivation, engagement, and learning performance will be increased. However, using board games as a learning tool may cause potential problems: there are not enough board games for learners, board game pieces are easily lost, and it’s difficult to find a game that covers certain learning content. These problems influence a teacher’s willingness to use it in practice. Besides, the concept of game-based learning hasn’t been accepted by most online learning platforms. Although many platforms have introduced reward systems—the use of “gamification” techniques—to increase course completion rates, those platforms haven’t used board games as a learning tool, showing no sign of adopting “game-based learning.” The reason is that making a digital board game takes lots of time and efforts. It is not practical to design a game just for specific learning content. To make board games more easily be applied in education, an online card game editor has been developed. This system provides users with many options to customize various game elements, making it more efficient to create a digital card game that contains learning content. An experiment was conducted to verify if the system achieved anticipated goals. Participants were required to complete 15 tasks using the functions provided by the system and to finish building the card game. Results have shown that our system has high usability, using our system to make a board game is more efficient and convenient, and there are sufficient options for customization in order to reproduce popular card games.