Abstract
In the past few decades, educators have been questioning the effectiveness of traditional passive face-to-face learning and increasingly adopted innovative learner-focused digital game-based strategies which enhance student autonomy. This article presents an educational intervention that addresses the gap in the literature regarding the impact of Digital Escape Rooms (DERs) in Management Learning and Education offering insights of the adoption of this technique in the UK. This revolutionary method was used with 80 postgraduate students in terms of a Global HRM Course. Students were taught various Intercultural Management theories in terms of a module. The ultimate goal of this project was to increase students’ engagement, academic achievement, and intercultural awareness responding to the increased demand for hybrid learning strategies catering for all learners' needs. DERs were used as a revision tool to enhance students’ command of cross-cultural theories while working in teams. Learners offered anonymous feedback via Mentimeter after participating in a DER activity before their final assignment submission and wrote a report about their experience. Participants confessed that the use of DER had a positive impact on student teamwork and learning attitudes, academic achievement, development of intercultural awareness, attendance, retention, and progression. They revealed that the DER activity increased their autonomy, decision-making skills and team-bonding. It also helped even low-performing students better understand and retain the theories learnt. This project aspired to support educators, students, and academic managers by offering useful recommendations for the effective use of DER tasks into their existing teaching practices and activities.
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Eleni Meletiadou, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
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Conference: ACE2023
Stream: Design
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Meletiadou E. (2024) Exploring the Impact of Digital Escape Rooms on Postgraduate Students’ Academic Achievement and Intercultural Awareness in Management Education: A Case Study in the UK ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2024.108
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2024.108
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