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Serwisy geolokalizacyjne w kształceniu poza salą lekcyjną
Geolocation Services in Education Outside the Classroom

Author(s): Pavel Kapoun
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Library and Information Science, Electronic information storage and retrieval
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: didactic game; geolocation services; GPS technologies; geocaching

Summary/Abstract: Geolocation services such as Geocaching, Wherigo, or Foursquare are very popular all over the world nowadays. Millions of people are involved in these games, and, in addition to the entertainment, they learn about geography and history. Geolocation games can be used very effectively in instruction as well. The article contains analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of educational games using a geolocation service Geocaching. Sometimes the concept “educaching” is used, which was created by combining the words “education” and “geocaching.”

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 57-70
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English