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Hero.Coli : a Video Game Empowering Stealth Learning of Synthetic Biology : a Continuous Analytics-Driven Game Design Approach Raphaël Goujet Hero.coli : a video game empowering stealth learning of synthetic biology : a continuous analytics-driven game design approach Raphaël Goujet To cite this version: Raphaël Goujet. Hero.coli : a video game empowering stealth learning of synthetic biology : a con- tinuous analytics-driven game design approach. Education. Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. English. NNT : 2018USPCB175. tel-02524484 HAL Id: tel-02524484 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-02524484 Submitted on 30 Mar 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. 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UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES Frontières du Vivant Doctoral School 474 - New Frontiers PhD Program Inserm U1001 - Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity Hero.coli: a video game empowering stealth learning of synthetic biology a continuous analytics-driven game design approach By Raphaël Goujet Interdisciplinary biology PhD thesis Directed by Ariel Lindner Publicly presented and defended on 30 November 2018 In front of a jury comprising: Mr Sébastien GEORGE Reviewer Le Mans Université Mr Jean-Marc LABAT Reviewer Université Pierre et Marie Curie Mrs Patricia MARZIN-JANVIER Examiner Université de Bretagne Occidentale Mrs Melanie STEGMAN Examiner Molecular Jig Games, LLC Mr Ariel LINDNER Supervisor Université Paris-Descartes 2 Contents Contents 3 List of Figures 7 Synopsis 11 I Introduction 15 1 Video games and Learning 17 1.1 Generalities about video games . 17 1.1.1 Game . 17 1.1.2 Gameplay and Gameplay Loops . 19 1.2 Digital game-based learning . 22 1.2.1 The need for game-based learning . 22 1.2.2 Applications of digital game-based learning . 23 1.2.3 Other Serious Games and GWAPs . 28 1.2.4 Closely-related genres . 30 1.3 Learning strategies, assessment, and outcomes . 34 1.3.1 Learning strategies . 34 1.3.2 Learning assessment . 34 1.3.3 Learning outcomes and issues . 36 2 Synthetic biology 39 2.1 Definition . 39 2.1.1 The Central Dogma . 40 2.2 Principles . 42 2.2.1 Decoupling . 42 2.2.2 Standardization . 42 2.2.3 Abstraction . 47 2.3 Limitations of synthetic biology . 56 2.3.1 Complexity . 56 2.3.2 Variation . 56 2.3.3 Evolution . 57 2.4 Uses of synthetic biology . 57 3 4 CONTENTS 2.5 Dissemination . 59 2.5.1 Synthetic biology in popular culture . 60 2.5.2 Synthetic biology in academic training . 64 2.5.3 Synthetic biology in popular science on the Internet . 65 3 Questions, approaches, and objectives 71 3.1 Research questions . 71 3.2 Outlining the remaining chapters . 73 II Experimental Setup 75 4 Design and Implementation of Hero.Coli 77 4.1 Genesis . 77 4.1.1 History of the CRI . 77 4.1.2 Synthetic biology . 78 4.1.3 Education . 78 4.1.4 The Digital Synthetic Biology Club . 78 4.1.5 Citizen Cyberlab . 79 4.2 Hero.Coli 1.12: a proof-of-concept . 81 4.2.1 First design of Hero.Coli . 81 4.2.2 Simulator . 92 4.2.3 Technical implementation . 93 4.2.4 Playtesting and accolades . 96 4.3 Repurposing into a new research project: Adaptations . 99 4.3.1 Accessibility . 99 4.3.2 Metrics and analytics . 100 4.3.3 Academic use . 103 4.3.4 Game design . 104 4.3.5 Tutorial . 105 4.3.6 Interface . 106 4.3.7 Simulator . 107 III Data gathering and analysis 109 5 Data gathering campaigns 111 5.1 Survey methodology . 111 5.2 Online experiments . 114 5.3 In-class experiments . 115 5.4 Final 2018 experiment at Cité des Sciences . 119 5.4.1 Objectives . 120 5.4.2 Protocol . 120 5.4.3 Implementation . 121 CONTENTS 5 6 Data analysis 123 6.1 Exploratory analysis . 123 6.1.1 Feedbacks from the participants . 123 6.1.2 Filtering the data . 128 6.1.3 Correlations in survey answers . 129 6.1.4 Correlations between tracking data and surveys . 132 6.1.5 Surveys: Analysis of the cohort . 136 6.2 Detailed analysis . 139 6.2.1 Threshold effect: learning and checkpoints . 139 6.2.2 Comparison of the pretest and posttest pairs . 143 6.2.3 Surveys and game metrics: data mining . 155 6.2.4 Comparison of phase 1 and phase 2 . 156 6.2.5 Limitations . 158 7 Conclusions and prospectives 159 7.1 Conclusions . 159 7.1.1 Research questions . 159 7.1.2 Usefulness, Usability, Acceptability . 162 7.2 Prospectives . 162 A Annex 1: tables 179 B Annex 2: graphs 185 B.1 Figures referenced in section 6.2.2 . 186 B.2 Figures referenced in sections 6.1.3 and 6.1.4 . 187 C Annex 3: surveys 193 C.1 1.12 . 194 C.2 1.50 - 2016-06 to 2017-06 . 198 C.3 1.52 - 2017-06 to 2018-03-22 . 202 C.4 1.52.2 / 1.60 / 1.61 - 2018-03-23 onwards . 211 6 CONTENTS List of Figures 1.1 Caillois’ Ludus and Paidia . 18 1.2 Interaction cycle involving a player and a videogame . 19 1.3 A representation of the state of flow . 21 1.4 Literate world population 1800-2014 . 22 1.5 The Logo Turtle . 23 1.6 Venn diagram of video games according to Tang and Hanneghan (2007) 24 1.7 Venn diagram of video games according to Djaouti, Alvarez, and J.-P. Jessel (2011) . 24 1.8 Screenshot of CellCraft ......................... 26 1.9 A Biotic Game device developed by the Riedel-Kruse lab . 27 1.10 Typical depiction of the Forgetting Curve . 33 2.1 Consequences of the Central Dogma of molecular biology: transcrip- tion and translation . 41 2.2 Registry of Standard Biological Parts: brick functions . 43 2.3 BioBricks in the transcription process . 44 2.4 The Hill function, typical gene expression from an inducible system 45 2.5 SBOL Visual: glyphs representing functional DNA sequences . 48 2.6 BioBrick sequence producing GFP. 49 2.7 Cell mechanisms modeled in Karr’s model . 53 2.8 Model developed by Wortel et al. 54 2.9 Model developed by Weiße et al. 55 2.10 The Carlson Curve as of 2017 . 63 2.11 A screenshot of the MOOC IGEM High School page about BioBricks 67 2.12 Examples of YouTube videos of SB popularization . 68 4.1 Genetic devices as abilities (first gameplay level) . 84 4.2 Genetic devices as independent BioBrick sequences (second game- play level) . 84 4.3 Genetic devices as interacting BioBrick sequences (third gameplay level) . 84 4.4 Hero.Coli 1.12: screenshot of an action phase . 87 4.5 Hero.Coli 1.12: crafting interface . 87 4.6 Hero.Coli 1.12: inventory and equipment interfaces, and HUD . 88 7 8 LIST OF FIGURES 4.7 The first two messages displayed at the beginning of the game in the 1.12 version . 89 4.8 Device tutorial in the 1.12 version . 90 4.9 RBS BioBrick tutorial in the 1.12 version . 90 4.10 Map of Hero.Coli 1.12 with highlighted checkpoints . 91 4.11 Screenshot of a diff tool ........................ 96 4.12 Map of the game with highlighted path, checkpoints, and chapters . 104 4.13 Hero.Coli 1.50: screenshot of an action phase . 107 4.14 Hero.Coli 1.50: crafting interface . 108 5.1 Survey: randomized vertical position for possible answers . 113 5.2 Survey: constant horizontal position for possible answers . 113 5.3 Results of question 16 - pretest . 116 5.4 Results of question 16 - posttest . 116 5.5 Hero.Coli 1.12: pretest answers to "Which biobrick controls what is produced by the genetic device?" . 117 5.6 Hero.Coli 1.12: posttest answers to "Which biobrick controls what is produced by the genetic device?" . 117 5.7 Hero.Coli 1.12: pretest answers to "Which biobrick controls only the efficiency - level of expression - of the genetic device?" . 118 5.8 Hero.Coli 1.12: posttest answers to "Which biobrick controls only the efficiency - level of expression - of the genetic device?" . 119 6.1 Map of the game with highlighted the two blocking puzzles . 125 6.2 Pipeline of exploitation of the data from experimental subjects . 128 6.3 Table of correlations of demographic features and interests against scores . 130 6.4 Table of correlations of participant demographic features against their curiosity, interests, and practice . 131 6.5 Table of correlations of enjoyment against participants’ characteristics131 6.6 Table of correlations of play times.
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