TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lemcke, Stefanie
A1  - Haedge, Kora
A1  - Zender, Raphael
A1  - Lucke, Ulrike
T1  - RouteMe: a multilevel pervasive game on mobile ad hoc routing
JF  - Personal and ubiquitous computing
N2  - Pervasive educational games have the potential to transfer learning content to real-life experiences beyond lecture rooms, through realizing field trips in an augmented or virtual manner. This article introduces the pervasive educational game "RouteMe" that brings the rather abstract topic of routing in ad hoc networks to real-world environments. The game is designed for university-level courses and supports these courses in a motivating manner to deepen the learning experience. Students slip into the role of either routing nodes or applications with routing demands. On three consecutive levels of difficulty, they get introduced with the game concept, learn the basic routing mechanisms and become aware of the general limitations and functionality of routing nodes. This paper presents the pedagogical and technical game concept as well as findings from an evaluation in a university setting.
KW  - E-learning
KW  - Educational game
KW  - Mobile application
KW  - Pervasive computing
KW  - Location awareness
KW  - Ad hoc routing
KW  - AODV
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-015-0843-2
SN  - 1617-4909
SN  - 1617-4917
VL  - 19
IS  - 3-4
SP  - 537
EP  - 549
PB  - Springer
CY  - London
ER  -