BioArcade

Red Hills Studios计划设计和开发BioArcade，这是一套针对9至13岁青少年的在线生物游戏。教育游戏领域的独特之处在于红山工作室将开发的专业和创新的改装功能。Modding将允许学习者创建自己定制的BioArcade游戏版本，以便传播给其他学习者。BioArcade游戏旨在通过由游戏开发商和科学内容专家组成的领先团队开发的令人兴奋的互动游戏模块，鼓励扩展游戏玩法和学习关键生物学概念的动机。BioArcade的基础教育和科学框架将与Co-PI，中佛罗里达大学的Janis Cannon-Bowers博士和生物科学课程研究（BSCS）的Roger Bybee沿着项目科学和设计咨询委员会合作开发。该项目将严格评估作为一个潜在的新方法在游戏设计的修改。将在三个条件的随机对照试验中研究改造创新，以确定其在促进科学概念的深入探索和增加知识获取方面的有效性。研究结果将通过同行评审的教育期刊、论文以及在科学教育和游戏会议上的演讲传播给非正式学习社区。广泛的形成性和总结性评估，由骑士威廉姆斯研究通信进行，将提供有价值的洞察力和评估的游戏设计方法，在非正式场所的科学内容学习。BioArcade将每天通过PBSKids（www.pbskids.org/）在线向数百万年轻学习者广泛传播：

Red Hills Studios proposes to design and develop BioArcade, a suite of online biology games for youth ages 9 to 13. Unique to the field of educational games is the specialized and innovative modding feature that Red Hills Studio will develop. Modding will allow learners to create their own customized versions of BioArcade games for dissemination to other learners. BioArcade games are intended to encourage extended game play and motivation for learning key biology concepts through exciting interactive game modules developed by a leading group of game developers and science content experts. The underlying educational and scientific framework for BioArcade will be developed collaboratively with Co-PI, Dr. Janis Cannon-Bowers at the University of Central Florida and Roger Bybee at the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), along with the projects Scientific and Design Advisory Boards. The project will rigorously evaluate modding as a potential new approach in game design. The modding innovation will be studied in a three-condition randomized controlled trial to determine its effectiveness in promoting deep exploration of scientific concepts and increased knowledge gain. Results of the study will be disseminated to the informal learning community through peer-reviewed educational journals, papers, and presentations at science education and game conferences. Extensive formative and summative evaluations, conducted by Knight Williams Research Communications, will provide valuable insight and assessment of the game design approach for science content learning in informal venues. BioArcade will be widely disseminated daily to millions of young learners online through PBSKids: www.pbskids.org/