International Evaluation of a Localized Geography Educational Software
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A report on the implementation and evaluation of an intelligent learning system; the multimedia geography tutor and game software titled Lainos World was localized into English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Russian and Simplified Chinese. Thereafter, multilingual online surveys were setup to which High school students were globally invited via mails to schools, targeted adverts and recruitment on Facebook, Google, etc. 1125 respondents from selected nations completed both the initial and final surveys. The effect of the software on students’ geographical knowledge was analyzed through pre and post achievement test scores. In general, the mean score were higher after exposure to the educational software for fifteen days and it was established that the score differences were statistically significant. This positive effect and other qualitative data show that the localized software from students’ perspective is a widely acceptable and effective educational tool for learning geography in an interactive and gaming environment.. KeywordsGeography, Educational Software, Localization, International Evaluation, Online Survey
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