Active and gamified teaching methods, such as digital escaperooms, effectively enhance student outcomes. However, current work in this areais highly specialised and lacks translational capability across sectors, withlimited data associated with key higher education impact measures. This studyaimed to design a central platform for developing digital escape rooms andevaluate their pedagogical impact using a microbiology-based example.
A university-wide platform for the design and delivery ofdigital escape rooms and an exemplar microbiology-based room were developedutilising WordPress with specialist plugins. The study cohort was comprised of17 students from a range of biology, biomedicine and chemical scienceprogrammes. Quantitative surveys were then completed to understand how digitalescape rooms impacted key pedagogical metrics with further stratification basedon socioeconomic factors.
Overall feedback was positive with students reporting apositive experience (100 %), the escape room was well developed (88.2 %),increased their knowledge (82.4 %) and added value to their degrees (70.6 %).These data show the positive pedagogical impacts of digital escape rooms inhigher education.
Journal Article Type
Article
Acceptance Date
Jan 21, 2025
Online Publication Date
Feb 13, 2025
Publication Date
Feb 13, 2025
Deposit Date
Feb 13, 2025
Publicly Available Date
Feb 14, 2025
Journal
Pedagogy: LTEC Learning and Teaching Showcase
Peer Reviewed
Peer Reviewed
Volume
1
Issue
1
Keywords
Digital Escape Rooms, Microbiology, Gamification, Digital Learning, Higher Education
