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A study on the effectiveness of a board game as a training tool for project management

Nowadays, games have become one of the useful tools in training.Many instructors and educators have chosen to use games to enhance the way of delivering the course content.An effective game will help the student to understand the concept quickly and get involve in experiential learning. The student...

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Main Authors: Mohd Yusof, Shahrul Azmi, Mohd Radzi, Shanizan Herman, Syed Din, Sharifah Nadera, Khalid, Nurhafizah
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Published: Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka 2016
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
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spelling my.uum.repo.205182017-01-03T07:47:55Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/20518/ A study on the effectiveness of a board game as a training tool for project management Mohd Yusof, Shahrul Azmi Mohd Radzi, Shanizan Herman Syed Din, Sharifah Nadera Khalid, Nurhafizah QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Nowadays, games have become one of the useful tools in training.Many instructors and educators have chosen to use games to enhance the way of delivering the course content.An effective game will help the student to understand the concept quickly and get involve in experiential learning. The student can manage and solve the problem as in the actual situation.This study will focus on the effectiveness of board game as a training tool for project management.Two test methods were used in this study which arepilot-test and post-test. These methods were chosen to analyze the effectiveness of using TASKMANAGER Board Game as a teaching tool in increasing the student's comprehension and understanding of the concepts and strategies in project management.Three sub-components assessed were motivation, user experience and learning using Kirkpatrick's level one training evaluation based on the perception of the students.The result obtained indicated that the use of TASKMANAGER board game as a training tool for managing project has a positive impact on student’s learning.It helps students to experience the situation of managing projects to improve their time management, human resource and communication skill. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/20518/1/JTEC%20%208%208%202016%20171%20176.pdf Mohd Yusof, Shahrul Azmi and Mohd Radzi, Shanizan Herman and Syed Din, Sharifah Nadera and Khalid, Nurhafizah (2016) A study on the effectiveness of a board game as a training tool for project management. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering, 8 (8). pp. 171-176. ISSN 2180-1843 http://journal.utem.edu.my/index.php/jtec/article/view/1340
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Mohd Yusof, Shahrul Azmi
Mohd Radzi, Shanizan Herman
Syed Din, Sharifah Nadera
Khalid, Nurhafizah
A study on the effectiveness of a board game as a training tool for project management
description Nowadays, games have become one of the useful tools in training.Many instructors and educators have chosen to use games to enhance the way of delivering the course content.An effective game will help the student to understand the concept quickly and get involve in experiential learning. The student can manage and solve the problem as in the actual situation.This study will focus on the effectiveness of board game as a training tool for project management.Two test methods were used in this study which arepilot-test and post-test. These methods were chosen to analyze the effectiveness of using TASKMANAGER Board Game as a teaching tool in increasing the student's comprehension and understanding of the concepts and strategies in project management.Three sub-components assessed were motivation, user experience and learning using Kirkpatrick's level one training evaluation based on the perception of the students.The result obtained indicated that the use of TASKMANAGER board game as a training tool for managing project has a positive impact on student’s learning.It helps students to experience the situation of managing projects to improve their time management, human resource and communication skill.
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author Mohd Yusof, Shahrul Azmi
Mohd Radzi, Shanizan Herman
Syed Din, Sharifah Nadera
Khalid, Nurhafizah
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Mohd Radzi, Shanizan Herman
Syed Din, Sharifah Nadera
Khalid, Nurhafizah
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title A study on the effectiveness of a board game as a training tool for project management
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publisher Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
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