Open AccessComputer ScienceEducationPsychology

C. Borrego, Cristina Fernandez, Ian Blanes, S. Robles

2017.6.7Journal of Technology and Science Education

DOI: 10.3926/jotse.247

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A Room Escape teaching experience developed in the Engineering School at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona is explained to increase student’s motivation and to improve their learning on two courses of the second year in the Computer Engineering degree: Computer Networks and Information and Security.

Abstract

Real-life room-escape games are ludic activities in which participants enter a room in order to get out of it only after solving some riddles. In this paper, we explain a Room Escape teaching experience developed in the Engineering School at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. The goal of this activity is to increase student’s motivation and to improve their learning on two courses of the second year in the Computer Engineering degree: Computer Networksand Information and Security.

Citation format

BORREGO, C., et al. Room escape at class: Escape games activities to facilitate the motivation and learning in computer science. Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2017, 7: 162–171.