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Addition to 'Interactions 500: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Hybrid Board Game for Aiding Students in the Review of Intermolecular Forces during COVID-19 Pandemic'

Authors :
José Nunes da Silva Júnior
José Mariano de Sousa Oliveira
Jean-Yves Winum
Antonio José Melo Leite Junior
Francisco Serra Oliveira Alexandre
David Macedo do Nascimento
Ulisses Silva de Sousa
Antônia Torres Ávila Pimenta
André Jalles Monteiro
Source :
Journal of Chemical Education. 2024 101(12):5556-5560.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The educational game Interactions 500 was extensively used remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic as an activity at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) to help students review intermolecular forces. In the postpandemic years, the game was also used face-to-face in the classroom. However, Apple Store and Google Play Store removed it from their list of apps in April of the current year, claiming that "the app was not compliant with one or more of their Developer Program Policies". This happens due to frequent updates to app stores' security policies, requiring constant maintenance of applications, which is not always possible or feasible due to time or financial limitations. Therefore, any reader of the Journal of Chemical Education can no longer access and play the game published in 2020.Faced with this scenario, the authors decided to develop a 100% online version of the game, which does not require any app to work and allows students to play the game remotely or face-to-face using mobile devices or, now, computers. The online version is presented in this article along with a student evaluation of the game.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0021-9584 and 1938-1328
Volume :
101
Issue :
12
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Journal of Chemical Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ1452819
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00946