New publication: Improving Immigrant Inclusion Through the Design of a Digital Language Learning Game

A new book chapter from the REDIT project is now available. Here we present the user-centered design (UCD) process and co-creative approach, which we apply in the development of the game. We also present findings from a background study identifying needs and experiences of preparatory education teachers and integration training instructors.

In short, our UCD process is an iterative design and development process constituting four phases:

1. Background research, including

• a systematic literature review on digital games for second language acquisition;
• benchmarking of existing digital language learning games;
• curriculum analysis;
• interviews with preparatory education teachers about their needs and experiences.

2. Ideation and concept development, including

• defining content, functions, features, and usability;
• testing the ideas with intended end-users.

3. Design and development, including

• iterative game design and development;
• user research feeding into the iterative design and development process. Here we employ a mixed methods approach to gain insight into usability, playability, and game outcomes.

4. Implementation and evaluation, including evaluation of long-term outcomes, efficacy of game features and functions, usability etc.

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