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Over the last years game-based learning and gamified learning environments have become respected means of teaching, in particular in project- and challenge-based teaching and learning. At the same time it is doubtful how such digital learning experiences can be inclusive for different target audiences (e.g. by addressing all genders) how they can sustain engagement with the learning contents, and what the points are where people disengage from learning with game-based technologies. This master thesis looks at these questions by implementing and evaluating a game-based learning intervention, which addresses these problems.

App development and/or game development skills are needed for this thesis.

In the Sparkling Instruments projects a method of project-based teaching was developed, where across a series of workshops students built digital music instruments to further music literacy and knowledge in STEM subjects. The thesis is concerned with turning the insights of the project into tangible small learning modules for secondary school teaching.

This topic requires an interest in or prior experience with didactics and creating learning materials. Knowledge of electronics and digital music making is beneficial.

More information about the project: http://www.piglab.org/sparkling-instruments

The project COMPASS aims at exploring how to navigate the vast opportunity space of IoT towards creating applications that are valuable, meaningful, empowering and trustworthy, maximize their utility and reflect responsible innovation. It provides the foundations to make a significant first step towards developing tools for business to create such technology, for policy makers to develop the necessary legislative environment, and for research to fill the knowledge gaps and define future agendas accordingly. This thesis looks at how the insights from of the project can be turned into new learning materials for university education and continuing education of university lectures. This topic requires a strong interest in or prior experience with didactics and creating learning materials and an understanding of Internet of Things devices.