An Online Game-Based Learning System for Pre-school Children

ABSTRACT: In this thesis, the practical comprehensive system ―online game-based learning‖ system for pre-school children has been developed in order to have a mobile game-based learning system which is able to conduct the children‘s skill and/or knowledge development as well as being fun to be played by the children. This system meets all the aspects of mobile game-based learning beside of parent involvement in the procedure of learning. Key features of this system include: children‘s playing and activity monitoring; evaluation of the games to detect the usability problems for developers; expert supporting system for parents; and internal messaging system. Our system also contains a dynamic Web service to let the third-party game developers to integrate a game into the system. Therefore, any educational tablet and/or smartphone game for pre-school children will be able to integrate into the system. Keywords. Web application, Web service, mobile game-based learning. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………