Desenvolvimento e análise do impacto do jogo Cabinet na aprendizagem de gestão de sistemas e redes

Abstract

The use of games as teaching-learning activities has the potential to increase motivation and, consequently, the involvement of students in the construction of their knowledge. This strategy, defined as game-based learning has been widely used in recent years in conjunction with active teaching methodologies. This work describes the development and application of a digital strategy game for tablets, called Cabinet, created with the objective of assisting in the learning of systems and networks, simulating a data center management environment. This game was created initially to be a turn-based board game where two players play against each other, each player is a data center manager, being a competition for limited resources and a better infrastructure. The player who achieves greater resource allocation efficiency and number of running services is considered the winner. This game goal is to develop certain skills and important aspects in the student and teach what should be taken into account when it comes to creating and managing a data center and how the choices define the way that the resources will be used. This game was developed and used in the curricular unit of Management of Systems and Networks of Formation of Computer Systems. The impact of the game was evaluated through the qualitative analysis of the data obtained by the two processes: the player-player and player-game interactions and the semi-structured interview.