RIPChallenge: A Serious Game for Learning RIP Protocol Learning

• Helcio Silva UFERSA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wei.2019.6655

Abstract

The learning of dynamic routing protocols requires complementary approaches because of their complexity. One of such approaches is the use of serious games. This paper describes the development of RIPChallenge, a serious game specifically aimed to boost the learning of the RIP protocol. The game has as major points its easiness to play and the addressing of protocol’s operating characteristics students report more dificult to learn about. It was validated using the EGameFlow methodology, which shown it helped students to get a better confidence about the understanding of those characteristics

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