Transactions on Edutainment III

1. Front Matter

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2. Engaging Kids with the Concept of Sustainability Using a Commercial Video Game – A Case Study

   1. Engaging Kids with the Concept of Sustainability Using a Commercial Video Game – A Case Study

      • Panagiotis Tragazikis, Michael Meimaris

      Pages 1-12

   2. Doing It Right: Combining Edutainment Format Development and Research

      • Simon Staffans, Annika Wiklund-Engblom, Marc Hassenzahl, Susanne Sperring

      Pages 13-24

   3. Edutainment Robotics as Learning Tool

      • Eleonora Bilotta, Lorella Gabriele, Rocco Servidio, Assunta Tavernise

      Pages 25-35

   4. SoundTag: RFID Based Wearable Computer Play Tool for Children

      • Ryoko Ueoka, Hiroki Kobayashi, Michitaka Hirose

      Pages 36-47

   5. A Comparison between Drill-Based and Game-Based Typing Software

      • Chun-Hung Lin, Eric Zhi-Feng Liu

      Pages 48-58

   6. Widget-Based Simulator for Testing Smart Space

      • Changgu Kang, Yoosoo Oh, Woontack Woo

      Pages 59-69

   7. Entertaining Education – Using Games-Based and Service-Oriented Learning to Improve STEM Education

      • Jon Preston, Briana Morrison

      Pages 70-81

   8. Learning English through Serious Games – Reflections on Teacher and Learner Performance

      • Bente Meyer

      Pages 82-92

   9. Motivational Factors in Educational MMORPGs: Some Implications for Education

      • Kuo-Hsun Hung, Charles Kinzer, Cheng-Ling Alice Chen

      Pages 93-104

   10. A Distributed Multi-agent Architecture in Simulation Based Medical Training

       • Jun Hu, Loe Feijs

       Pages 105-115

   11. Designing a Trading Card Game as Educational Reward System to Improve Students’ Learning Motivations

       • Peayton Chen, Rita Kuo, Maiga Chang, Jia-Sheng Heh

       Pages 116-128

   12. Sketch Learning Environment with Diagnosis and Drawing Guidance from Rough Form to Detailed Contour Form

       • Masato Soga, Shota Kuriyama, Hirokazu Taki

       Pages 129-140

3. Regular Papers

   1. Application of Visualization in Virtual Endoscopy System

      • Yanjun Peng, Rong Hua, Weidong Zhao, Xinming Lu

      Pages 141-153

   2. Design and Implementation of Virtual Museum Based on Web3D

      • JianPing Zhang, YuHui Yang

      Pages 154-165

   3. Large Area Interactive Browsing for High Resolution Digitized Dunhuang Murals

      • Qingshu Yuan, Dongming Lu, Qi Wu, Gang Liu

      Pages 166-176

   4. Research of Autonomous Active Control for Virtual Human Based on Emotion-Driven Model

      • Fenhua Wang, Xiaodan Huang, Zhiliang Wang

      Pages 177-189

   5. An XML-Based Interface Customization Model in Digital Museum

      • Rui Wang, Chengwei Yang, Jinyu Xu, Chenglei Yang, Xiangxu Meng

      Pages 190-202

   6. Animation as an Aid for Higher Education Computing Teaching

      • Mark Taylor, David Pountney

      Pages 203-218

   7. Bringing Integrated Multimedia Content into Virtual Reality Environments

      • Paulo N. M. Sampaio, Laura M. Rodríguez Peralta

      Pages 219-230

With great pleasure we would like to present the third volume of the journal Trans- tions on Edutainment. This journal, part of the Springer series Lecture Notes in C- puter Science, is devoted to research and development in the field of edutainment. Edutainment, also known as educational entertainment or entertainment-education, denotes all forms of entertainment designed to educate as well as to provide fun. This approach is motivated by the growing demands on individuals for life-long learning and the need to integrate effective learning opportunities throughout life. As such, edutainment has attracted increasing interest in the last few years. The first 12 articles of this issue represent a selection of outstanding contributions from Edutainment 2009, the 4th International Conference on E-Learning and Games held in Canada, in August 2009. The main purpose of the Edutainment conferences is the discussion, presentation, and information exchange of scientific and technological developments in the new community. These 12 papers cover mainly the topic of using games to stimulate learners’ learning motivation, i. e.

• 3D interaction
• animation
• artificial intelligence
• augmented reality
• authoring
• cognitive strategies
• computer games
• computer graphics
• context-awareness
• digital museum
• distribution
• drawing
• game design
• human-computer interaction (HCI)
• learning

• State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

  Zhigeng Pan

• Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  Adrian David Cheok

• Media Education and Visualization Group, University of Education, Weingarten, Germany

  Wolfgang Müller

• School of Computing and Information Systems. CIS, Athabasca University, Canada

  Maiga Chang

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