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This study quantitatively examines the coeducation of television series and films between 1986 and 2023. This analysis has been facilitated by applying bibliometric analysis to scientific production using a relevant Web of Science (WoS) database. Analyses of 190 documents were conducted using quantitative and descriptive methods. These results present a multifaceted analysis of scientific production, evaluating historical development, the productivity of countries and institutions, authors' productivity, and sources' productivity. The study indicates that scientific production has grown exponentially in the last decade; this coincides with the emergence of video-on-demand platforms, multiscreen consumption, and equality policies. The conclusions must emphasize the significant role played by fiction series and film productions as socializing agents and their educational potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study quantitatively examines the coeducation of television series and films between 1986 and 2023. This analysis has been facilitated by applying bibliometric analysis to scientific production using a relevant Web of Science (WoS) database. Analyses of 190 documents were conducted using quantitative and descriptive methods. These results present a multifaceted analysis of scientific production, evaluating historical development, the productivity of countries and institutions, authors’ productivity, and sources’ productivity. The study indicates that scientific production has grown exponentially in the last decade; this coincides with the emergence of video-on-demand platforms, multiscreen consumption, and equality policies. The conclusions must emphasize the significant role played by fiction series and film productions as socializing agents and their educational potential.

The article is devoted to the didactic potential of mobile applications for learning English as a foreign language by students of non-philology specialities. Since mobile learning acquires complex and systemic features, it is extremely important to investigate specific means that contribute to the implementation of educational tasks and the acquisition of necessary competencies by students getting higher education. The purpose of the article is to review existing mobile applications designed for learning English as a foreign language by Ukrainian students in order to determine their didactic potential. Research methods: the analysis of sources on the topic of research made it possible to understand the state of development of the topic, the main directions of domestic and foreign research on mobile learning; descriptive provided an opportunity to generalize the experience gained during reconnaissance; synthesis of the obtained data contributed to the conclusion of the research concept and its implementation. The didactic potential of mobile applications in learning English as a foreign language is considered. A number of mobile applications offered by Google Play were analyzed, and it was determined that they can be typologically classified according to various characteristics (age of the target audience, level of foreign language proficiency, developer expertise, amount of processed material, number of downloads and the score with which users rated a certain application). The applications that can be logically and naturally introduced into the educational process of students of the 1st year of the elementary and pre-intermediate levels were analyzed. 8 applications were considered. As a result of the research, it was found out that despite the considerable diversity of the analyzed applications, their common feature is the implementation of the “edutainment” concept, in which educational goals are achieved by combining the game form and the educational component of the material under consideration. Application developers pay the most attention to grammatical material and thematic vocabulary. Learned topics can be consolidated with the help of tests, often presented in a game form. An indisputable positive point is that the studied lexemes, grammatical constructions and whole sentences are voiced by native English speakers. Based on the concept of interval repetition, the developers include tools in the applications that allow students to memorize the material as easily and naturally as possible. These can be, for example: a repetition calendar, a reminder system, associative pictures, quizzes, the ability to create word cards by your own, transcription of words in English, examples of the use of polysemantic lexemes in different meanings, accompanied by translation and voiceover in a male or female voice. Both individual and group work is provided in the applications. The function of group English learning can be easily used during classroom classes. Mobile applications are a powerful resource that a teacher can refer to when dealing with specific topics. It is convenient for the student to use mobile applications outside of class time, consolidating information learned from textbooks and expanding it with the help of material provided in the course. However, mobile applications in no way replace the main textbook, being only one of the varieties of didactic material which is modern, relevant and understandable for a modern student of higher education.

AbstractThis paper appraises the role of contemporary Kiswahili music, a form of oral art, in promoting environmental awareness and advocacy. Using case studies from Kenya and Tanzania, we analyse whether East African music infused with suitable environmental practices can help mainstream environmental education, arouse public interest towards nature, advocate for change in mind-sets, and call for proactive action on environmental conservation, while still offering entertainment. Ethnomusicological Kiswahili songs encouraging connection to nature were purposively chosen and acquired from YouTube. The lyrics of these songs were transcribed, translated, and analysed using Critical Discourse Analysis and Conceptual Metaphor Theories. By examining the context and meanings of these songs, we demonstrate that contemporary environmental songs are art forms of expression that advocate for increased environmental management by eliciting discussions and encouraging active societal eco-friendly remedial actions towards ecological resilience and environmental integrity. This article contributes to the emerging discourse on educational and environmental connections through the use of contemporary music, entertainment, and metaphors, with an overarching view to addressing current and emerging environmental concerns. Consequently, we affirm that African music can be used for entertainment, communication of messages and promotion of positive behaviour change.

The Deaf community members of this community-campus partnership identified the lack of health information in American Sign Language (ASL) as a significant barrier to increasing the Deaf community's health knowledge. Studies have shown that the delivery of health messages in ASL increased Deaf study participants' cancer knowledge. Once health messages are available on the Internet, strategies are needed to attract viewers to the website and to make repeat visits in order to promote widespread knowledge gains. This feasibility study used the entertainment-education strategy of coupling cancer information with jokes in ASL to increase the appeal and impact of the health messages. ASL-delivered cancer control messages coupled with Deaf-friendly jokes were shown to 62 Deaf participants. Participants completed knowledge questionnaires before, immediately after, and 1 week after viewing the paired videos. Participants' health knowledge statistically significantly increased after viewing the paired videos and the gain was retained 1 week later. Participants also reported sharing the newly acquired information with others. Statistically significant results were demonstrated across nearly all measures, including a sustained increase in cancer-information-seeking behavior and intent to improve health habits. Most participants reported that they would be motivated to return to such a website and refer others to it, provided that it was regularly updated with new jokes.

Introduction: Educommunication and online education, increase their presence in the university stage, but the risks of digital gaps and failure are significant. Through this study, it is proposed whether virtual education, through screens and technological tools, puts at risk emotional aspects, considered fundamental for students' learning, and a reflection on the use of methodologies linked to edutainment is initiated. Methodology: This is an exploratory and descriptive research, after a bibliographic review to know the development of the impact of the generalized use of ICT, online education, questioning which skills have remained undeveloped and a study of the use of new methodologies especially those linked to edutaiment in the development of educommunication. Emotional aspects are analyzed and a validation questionnaire of virtual teaching is generated. Results: based on the surveys elaborated in the questionnaires on emotional skills of teachers and students that have been lost and should be developed, satisfaction, evaluation of education on screens, and the incidence of edutainment. Dangers linked to the loss of the emotional sphere and the spectacularization of education are noted. Discussion: It has been found that teachers and students, after the evolution of the massive use of screens and new tools, value short-term advantages of ICT, such as the development of new methodologies, but feel the loss of emotions, such as empathy, and the relationship and exchange with others and it is perceived that the risk of spectacularization opens through edutainment with the use and abuse of ICT. Conclusions: In order to reduce in the educational field the risks of the spectacularization of communication, interdisciplinary research in education and communication should be encouraged to give rise to a deep and critical debate regarding new tools, technologies and methodologies in the educational field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The widespread use of smartphones to play games and the lack of use as a medium for learning mathematics is the reason for the need for the development of smartphone-based edutainment learning media. The purpose of this research is to design and develop interactive edutainment learning applications of mobile mathematics games to help junior high school students to learn line and angles material. This mobile game-based application incorporates graphic design, background music, and animation, and a major structural element in game development to attract students. This research belongs to the type of Research and Development (R&D) and the model used is the ADDIE model that is carried out in a systematic stage. The results of the study show that the developed game meets the valid aspects, where the level of expert approval of the design functionality has an average value of 4,49 out of 5, meanwhile, the assessment of the material has an average score of 4,17 out of 5 and the user states that the game meets the practical aspect with an average score of 3,75 out of 5. It is hoped that this game-based learning application called "CORNER" for mobile devices can act as an additional tool for improving students' conceptual understanding and interest to learn through the scientific approach used.

Nowdays, public centers depend on technology centered design approaches in order to present collections to guests. Strategies based on design-oriented solutions provide enhanced educative outcomes and user experience values. Edutainment design is an educational model and a design method. The approach offers advantages in public buildings such as museums, aquariums and zoos, increasing the educational value of the exhibited content as well as encompassing the integrated use of education and entertainment concepts through technological implementations. The study presents an edutainment project carried out by the author and examines the interdisciplinary edutainment features of the project. Opened in 2011, Istanbul Aquarium is Europe's largest thematic aquarium. The aquarium themed in accordance with edutainment design methods, serves with interactive products suitable for educative design methodologies. The hypothesis of the study is 'edutainment design is an interdisciplinary design method'. The study aims to provide an insight on the subject by evaluating the products presented in the research and determining the interdisciplinary features of these implementations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper has thrown light on benefits and features related to edutainment software which it is gradually becoming the part of a learning process. It has been demonstrated in past research studies that outcomes of learning, obtained because of using edutainment software looks promising. It has been suggested in the article that new generation is moving towards the use of educational games that are highly inclusive in nature. Edutainment software is an effective tool that can be used by teachers and students to develop increased collaboration with each other and it is becoming the prime source of facilitating the process of learning to considerable level. The aim the paper is to investigate "how effective are edutainment software as eLearning mechanism for adults". To support the argument, the historical values, advantages, and disadvantages has been be discussed. In the second half of the paper, there is a description on how the digital games are helping us in learning, the comprehensive analysis describe who are the users of Edutainment software, why they use the edutainment software, and by using which tools the software is utilized. To conclude, the edutainment software is an effective alternative of the traditional way of learning. Adult learners find their learning to be interesting and affective with the help of edutainment software. It can further be improved with the help of necessary amendments and cost effectiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Background Standard precautions are essential to prevent pathogen transmission and nosocomial infections. We assessed learning effect (primary outcome) and satisfaction (secondary outcome) of watching a 5-min humorous “edutainment (=education and entertainment) video” on Standard Precautions compared to reading a written standard operating procedure (SOP) or receiving no intervention. Methods This randomized controlled trial was executed at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, a tertiary care centre with a state-of-the-art infection prevention programme. Healthcare providers (HCPs) of different medical departments were 1:1:1 randomized to watching the edutainment video (video group), reading the SOP (SOP group), or no study-specific intervention (no-intervention group). Online questionnaires included a knowledge assessment about Standard Precautions at time point (TP) 1 immediately after intervention, TP2 after 1 month, and TP3 after 3 months. Information about HCPs’ satisfaction with the learning method was collected. Variables were assessed within and between groups using the appropriate non-parametric tests. Predictors for knowledge of Standard Precautions were assessed by uni- and multivariable linear regression. Results Overall, 363 predominantly female (78.2%) HCPs were included. At TP 1 and TP3, the video group scored better on the knowledge assessment against both the SOP and the no-intervention group (TP1 p

This experimental study investigated the effect of the use of video games based on the curriculum on students' performance levels in Fourth, Fifth and Sixth grade Mathematics compared to traditional learning methods. The participants were seven hundred and eighty-nine female students from Fourth, Fifth and Sixth grades, and nineteen teachers, from different six schools in Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia. Three research null hypotheses were tested to explore students' performance when they received two different instructional treatments: traditional learning methods (textbooks or worksheets) and a video game based on the Mathematics curriculum. The results indicate that video games based on Mathematics curriculum had a positively effect on students' performance based on their score average in standard tests, when compared to traditional learning methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Educational interventions targeting communities which are at risk of contracting schistosomiasis infection may empower them to develop capacity to minimize the spread of the disease. We compared the effectiveness of health education interventions for schistosomiasis knowledge uptake among school-going children in Ndumo area, KwaZulu-Natal using a quasi-experimental trial. An assessment of health education interventions (edutainment and infographics) in the community’s own language and socio-cultural context was done among primary school-aged children in two primary schools in Ndumo, a schistosomiasis endemic area (37%). The study involved 37 students from Munywana primary where the intervention was on infographics and 44 from Maphindela where the intervention was on edutainment. The students wrote a schistosomiasis knowledge test, 1 month before the knowledge uptake interventions were implemented. The same test was given to the two groups after the interventions. Baseline and post-intervention scores were used to test whether the interventions improved schistosomiasis knowledge levels. Paired t-test and independent t-tests were conducted to test the change in knowledge assimilation at the 5% significance level. Our findings show that health education interventions significantly improved knowledge on schistosomiasis among school children (P

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the potencial of guided inquiry models edutainment combined toward the mastery concepts. The design of this research use quasi experiment. The population of this studdy was all the second grades students of SMP N 18 Malang while the sampling of the study was 8G, 8H dan 8E. The used instrument was 20 multiple choice to measure the mastery concepst of students. The result of the study was guided inquiry models edutainment combined potencially can improve mastery of concepts students. Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi model inkuiri terbimbing dipadu edutainment terhadap penguasaan konsep. Rancangan penelitian ini menggunakan eksperimental semu (Quasi Experiment). Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas VIII SMP 18 Malang sedangkan sampel penelitian yaitu kelas 8G, 8H dan 8E. Instrumen yang digunakan berupa berupa 20 butir soal pilihan ganda pada masing-masing materi yang dibelajarkan. Hasil penelitian ini adalah model inkuiri terbimbing dipadu edutainment berpotensi dalam meningkatkan penguasaan konsep siswa.

Educational interventions targeting communities which are at risk of contracting schistosomiasis infection may empower them to develop capacity to minimize the spread of the disease. We compared the effectiveness of health education interventions for schistosomiasis knowledge uptake among school-going children in Ndumo area, KwaZulu-Natal using a quasi-experimental trial. An assessment of health education interventions (edutainment and infographics) in the community's own language and socio-cultural context was done among primary school-aged children in two primary schools in Ndumo, a schistosomiasis endemic area (37%). The study involved 37 students from Munywana primary where the intervention was on infographics and 44 from Maphindela where the intervention was on edutainment. The students wrote a schistosomiasis knowledge test, 1 month before the knowledge uptake interventions were implemented. The same test was given to the two groups after the interventions. Baseline and post-intervention scores were used to test whether the interventions improved schistosomiasis knowledge levels. Paired t-test and independent t-tests were conducted to test the change in knowledge assimilation at the 5% significance level. Our findings show that health education interventions significantly improved knowledge on schistosomiasis among school children (P < 0.001). At post-intervention, the mean score of the whole sample increased to 15,6/35, from a baseline score of 6,5/35. However, there was no significant difference in the post-intervention mean scores of infographics and edutainment interventions. In order to improve schistosomiasis research uptake among school-aged children, health education interventions such as edutainment and infographics can be effective in making the children assimilate schistosomiasis research findings as it has been shown elsewhere. The number of participants in the intervention and high attrition rate were notable limitations of the study. Future studies may need to invest more resources and use digital-based interventions incorporating both infographics and edutainment on one platform such as a digital device. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In its operation,Narotama University internalizes this value to each membersin the organization, especially the studentsandinvolves them in the development of the value itself, to increase their sense of belonging to the university.Internalization of the value could be a major competitive edge in supporting students attain their maximum learning outcomes. Narotama Universitydevelop a model of value internalization for the aforementionedpupose that are : mappingstudent’s basic character and education assesment, directing them to thelearning outcomes of the study program that suit them best; provides various training and activities that will enhance student’semotional and spiritual quotient; nurturing a good student-lecturer communication in the learning process with guidance and consultation until they meet the learning outcomes; conducting an edutainment learning methods with a clear and transparant assesment system.The tracer study results confirmed a success upon the efforts. Graduates of Narotama University are highly employable, 86% of them only takes 0-3 months to get a job. A total of 62.5% of respondents have a job corresponding to their field of study.

Tangible User Interface (TUI) is an interface that allows user to interact with digital information through physical environment. We have developed an interactive system serves the educational field within the geographical domain. The system allows children to discover and learn about countries from different continents using tangible objects. In our project we selected so far six countries that represent six continents in the world. The selected countries are: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United States of America, France, Brazil, and Australia. With the system, children are required to manipulate tangible objects. Their task is to select a landmark from a country and placing it on the table top. The system will recognize the object and provides users with feedback. The system involves the recognition of six elements for each country: (capital, flag, climate, currency, population and industries). This application has been evaluated in a field study with children 9-11 years of age. The initial results are promising and show that such an interactive system can support interaction and collaboration among young children, as well as enriches the learning process and makes it more enjoyable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to develop a multimedia-based edutainment to increase interest and learning outcomes student in vocational school in linear program material. This type of research is development research with ADIE model. The purpose of research is to produce multimedia products are valid, practical and effective. The research was conducted from 21th of November 2016 until 3th of December 2016 and held at SMK-PP N Kupang. Trialling performed twice. The first trial conducted to seek advice and input from students as users of the product while the second trial was conducted to see the practicality and effectiveness of the product. The results show that the development of products developed are valid (average score validation of all the validator is 4.18), practical (average score of questionnaire responses for all students is 2.81), and effective (average questionnaire student's interests is 8,9 and there is an increase compared with the end of the test to the early test). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengembangkan multimedia berbasis edutainment yang dapat meningkatkan minat dan hasil belajar siswa SMK pada materi program linier. Penelitian ini termasuk penelitian pengembangan dengan model ADDIE. Tujuan penelitian yaitu menghasilkan produk multimedia yang valid, praktis, dan efektif. Penelitian dilakukan mulai 21 November—3 Desember 2016 yang bertempat di SMK-PP N Kupang. Pelaksanaan ujicoba dilakukan sebanyak dua kali. Uji coba pertama dilakukan untuk meminta saran dan masukan dari siswa selaku pengguna produk, sedangkan uji coba kedua dilakukan untuk melihat kepraktisan dan keefektifan produk. Hasil pengembangan menunjukkan bahwa produk yang dikembangkan valid (rata-rata skor validasi dari semua validator yaitu 4,18, praktis (rata-rata skor angket respon untuk seluruh siswa yaitu 2.81), dan efektif (rata-rata angket minat siswa yaitu 8,9 dan terjadi kenaikan tes akhir dibandingkan dengan tes awal).

Religious and moral education from an early age so needs to be invested for the child, so that in the future they will have a strong and deep understanding of the norms and teachings of Islam. Age children early childhood and kindergarten (TK) is a time to play, so education is implemented particularly religious education should be designed properly by the teacher so that the education process into an active and fun activities. Kindergarten (TK) Putra Harapan Nalumsari Jepara is one of the educational institutions that provide education for early childhood, with one lesson material is a moral and religious education. Moral education is one of the materials is very important because in load values, morals and religion, so this will be a guide for students in later life. The research method used is descriptive qualitative research to describe in detail the subjects and issues to be studied. The findings in this study is the cultivation of religious values and morals for children Kindergarten revolves around the activities of daily life. In particular cultivation of religious values with laying the foundations of the faith, personality or character that is commendable and devotional practices, in accordance with the child's ability is implemented. As one of the early childhood education institutions, in conducting the study, have several models of delivery Edutainment, habituation and uswah hasanah as a reference implementation of teaching and learning. Pendidikan agama dan moral sejak usia dini perlu ditanamkan bagi anak, sehingga di masa depan mereka akan memiliki pemahaman yang kuat dan mendalam dari norma-norma dan ajaran Islam. Usia anak-anak usia dini dan taman kanak-kanak (TK) adalah waktu untuk bermain, sehingga pendidikan diimplementasikan khususnya pendidikan agama harus dirancang dengan baik oleh guru sehingga proses pendidikan menjadi kegiatan yang aktif dan menyenangkan. TK (TK) Putra Harapan Nalumsari Jepara merupakan salah satu lembaga pendidikan yang memberikan pendidikan bagi anak usia dini, dengan satu bahan pelajaran adalah pendidikan moral dan agama. pendidikan moral adalah salah satu bahan yang sangat penting karena di nilai beban, moral dan agama, jadi ini akan menjadi panduan bagi siswa di kemudian hari. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif untuk menjelaskan secara rinci subyek dan isu-isu yang akan diteliti. Temuan dalam penelitian ini adalah penanaman nilai-nilai dan moral agama untuk anak-anak TK berkisar pada aktivitas kehidupan sehari-hari. Dalam budidaya tertentu nilai-nilai agama dengan meletakkan dasar-dasar iman, kepribadian atau karakter yang praktek terpuji dan kebaktian, diimplementasikan sesuai dengan kemampuan anak. Sebagai salah satu lembaga pendidikan anak usia dini, dalam melakukan pendidikan, memiliki beberapa model pengantar Edutainment, pembiasaan dan uswah hasanah sebagai acuan pelaksanaan belajar mengajar.

Interactive learning technology is an emerging innovation for future communication-aided teaching and learning that could positively enhance students’ engagement and intrinsic motivation. Due to the virtue of interactive communication, classrooms are now anticipated to enable a variety of interaction-based learning technologies with diverse infotainment (a subset of “serious play”) integrated with practical enquiry-based projects and case studies for employability improvement. In this paper, a comprehensive review of various teaching and learning pedagogies is assessed. Their suitability and association with infotainment and interactive technology is discussed and highlighted. In addition, a recent research activity on interactive communication is presented to form a new teaching application using interactive technology and infotainment (or edutainment) appropriate for student engagement in railway geometry and alignment design classes. The development of the integrated interactive technology and infotainment was implemented and evaluated in a postgraduate railway engineering class. Questionnaires were used to survey students’ experiences in the classes with and without the technology enhanced learning. The outcome clearly shows that students enjoyed and felt they were significantly engaged in the class with the new interactive resources. Their participation and learning performance increased. Despite the favourable outcomes, the flexibility and viability of using this interactive technology still largely depends on the students’ background and their previous experience.

Introduction: The aim of this study was evaluating if the presence of a humanoid robot could improve the efficacy of a game-based, nutritional education intervention. Study design: This was a controlled, school-based pilot intervention carried out on fourthgrade school children (8-10 years old). A total of 112 children underwent a game-based nutritional educational lesson on the importance of carbohydrates. For one group (n = 58), the lesson was carried out by a nutritional educator, the Master of Taste (MT), whereas for another group, (n = 54) the Master of Taste was supported by a humanoid robot (MT + NAO). A third group of children (n = 33) served as control not receiving any lesson. Methods: The intervention efficacy was evaluated by questionnaires administered at the beginning and at the end of each intervention. The nutritional knowledge level was evaluated by the cultural-nutritional awareness factor (AF) score. Results: A total of 290 questionnaires were analyzed. Both MT and MT + NAO interventions significantly increased nutritional knowledge. At the end of the study, children in the MT and MT + NAO group showed similar AF scores, and the AF scores of both intervention groups were significantly higher than the AF score of the control group. Conclusions: This study showed a significant increase in the nutritional knowledge of children involved in a game-based, single-lesson, educational intervention performed by a figure that has a background in food science. However, the presence of a humanoid robot to support this figure's teaching activity did not result in any significant learning improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There have been a wide range of studies on the interplay between education and technology. Furthermore, there are many other studies aimed at analyzing the scholarly output on this subject with a holistic approach. However the studies are mostly focused on the facilitator role of technology. Although the idea that educational processes have become more fun, thanks to the widespread use of technology, there is a strong need for the critical analysis of the interplay among education, entertainment and technology. Taking this need into account, and drawing on Neil Postman's critical approach on this trio, this article aims to discuss and evaluate the tendencies and understandings in relation to the notion of "edutainment" primarily with reference to "edutainment" studies carried out in Turkey. It is expected that this evaluation would contribute to similar future studies, thus helping the policy development. According to findings of the study, although the edutainment studies in Turkey reflect the general tendency throughout the world, there only a few of them quantitatively. There is no consensus on the designation and definition of the concept of edutainment. From Postman's point of view, it could be said that edutainment studies in Turkey lack a critical perspective with regard to technology and entertainment, and there is a quite limited framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents part of the results of the EU Commission, Leonardo da Vinci Project: LDV/ToI/2013/RO/030. The project achieved by entities from authors of the Handbook: Romania: IPA SA project proposer, writer and coordinator, Spain: University of Cordoba, Italy: 2 Partners, University of Naples and CREA/Council for Research in Agriculture and in the Agricultural Economy), USAMV Bucharest, and entities which have presented the lessons with the view of the lessons assessment: USAMV Bucharest, CCIAGR/Chamber of Industry, Agriculture and Commerce, Giurgiu), Agricultural Collegiums Sandu Aldea Calarasi, Agricultural Collegiums Viaceslav Harnaj, Bucharest, Faculty of Agronomy and Horticulture of University of Craiova, is destined for the training of farmers, technicians, people interested in the creation and development of the own irrigations. The project has generated: (a) the printed, (b) on DVD, (c) on special digital application on DVD (d) on WEB Handbook: Innovative irrigations for All, pdf. 2200 pages. The handbook, of 38 lessons, was converted, by IPA SA in the advanced eLearning format in HTML5. Also are elaborated 2 Occupational Standards (drafts) in irrigations. The project has developed advanced eLearning support for the quick and efficient knowledge and skills transfer, based on over 100 Virtual Reality, 3D, Dynamic Images. These Dynamic Images h create efficient animations, Augmented Reality products, developed by IPA SA, as SAReL system: Special Augmented Reality for eLearning and other AR tools. Special development, such as celebrities from dedicated novel (lampoons), contributes at the Edutainment support. The lessons have been successfully tested on the sample of over 500 interested people. The action and developed materials add contributions at the re-launching of irrigations in Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background. The ever-increasing demand for natural resources has led to the continuing depletion of resources. Reversing this trend will require knowledge of effective environmental management strategies and adoption of sustainable development practices by society at large. Thus, it is critical that citizens increase their awareness of sustainability and acquire managerial skills required to effect change. Use of decision games for teaching sustainable development is a step in this direction. Games present great opportunities as tools of edutainment (educational entertainment) for teaching and training, with positive effects on learning outcomes.Aim and Method. In this article, we undertake a methodological review of games on sustainable development, analyzing their underlying characteristics, including the stated focus of the games, game availability, number of players and their roles, their target age, game validation and evaluation, stakeholder involvement in game development, learning outcomes, and so on. A total of 49 games are included in this survey.Conclusion. Our findings suggest that the games used for teaching sustainable development have generally increased players’ understanding of issues around sustainability and have enhanced their knowledge of sustainable development strategies. Our classification of the games’ characteristics assists educational instructors and potential learners in identifying games that are best suited for their teaching and learning needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents a case study in the use of the computer simulation game People Power, developed by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. The principal objective of the activity was to offer students an opportunity to understand the dynamics of social conflicts, in a format not possible in a traditional classroom setting. Due to the game complexity, it was decided to play it in a day-long (8 hour) workshop format. A computer lab was prepared several weeks beforehand, which meant that each team of four students had access to a number of computers, being able to have the game open on several monitors at the same time, playing on one while using the others to constantly revise information as their strategy and tactics evolved. At the end of the workshop, and after handing in a group report, the 24 participants (6 groups) were asked to complete a short survey of the activity. The survey was divided into three areas: the game itself, skill development, and the workshop organization. Results showed a strong relationship between the activity and the course content, skills and competencies development, and practical know-how and leadership, as well as a strong feeling that it works well as a learning tool and is enjoyable. DOI: 10.18870/hlrc.v4i1.200

Background: In Sri Lanka, one of the major challenges in rabies control is to manage the dog population and subsequently to protect people, especially young children, from dog bites. Methods: In 2009, an educational-entertainment campaign called 'Rabies Edutainment 4 Kids' was introduced in the school curricula in rural Sri Lanka to improve practices on rabies prevention and pet care among school children, and to evaluate its effectiveness through pre- and post-tests. Results: The level of rabies knowledge, attitude and practice among the pupils was dependent on their responses to a survey, and scores were significantly improved both among the study and control groups after the intervention. A lecture accompanied by a rabies awareness leaflet was much more effective in improving knowledge than the leaflet alone. The type of intervention and language used was significantly associated with the score increment (p<0.001). Conclusions: The threat of rabies to pupils in Sri Lanka would be reduced if they are given appropriate information on rabies prevention as a part of the school curricula. Close collaboration with local education offices is key to successful implementation of school-based rabies control programmes, which is, in turn, crucial to the eradication of rabies from Sri Lanka. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the late twentieth century, numerous history museums abandoned the use of objects and created, instead, simulated environments that emphasized visitors' experience and emotional engagement with the past in a manner known as 'edutainment'. While these new museums were hailed as pedagogical institutions that encouraged diversity and critical thinking, not enough attention was given to their potential to become instruments of power, telling a one-dimensional narrative. This article is about the genesis of one such museum and its permanent exhibition: the Palmach Museum in Tel-Aviv, inaugurated in 2000, and devoted to the history of the eponymous Jewish paramilitary organization that was active between 1941-48. The museum was initiated by Labor movement-affiliated Palmach veterans and became an official museum of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. The museum depicts the history of the Palmach by means of scenery and film which together, by controlling visitors' locomotion, constitute total experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]