Evaluation and Design of Video Games: Creating Objects of Learning in Communities of Practice

Abstract

The videogames and leisure contexts can be considered as ludic hypertexts, learning models that shape and enhance the development and acquisition of certain competences and abilities through the development of pedagogical practices that transcend school proposals traditions The article presents the application of videogames from the field of education, providing valuable guidance to teachers for inclusion in the classroom. Described, similarly, a tool for evaluation of video games is described, in order to facilitate integration and use didactic curriculum by three dimensions of study. The dimensions can be used also for educational game design. In the document, there are different educational tools for game design, which can be exported as learning objects facilitating their reuse and transfer to other contexts and training situations. Sharing and exchanging learning objects through communities of practice for teachers are very supportive and provide a source of important resources.