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Sáiz Manzanares, María Consuelo 510 600 0000-0002-1736-2089 Marticorena Sánchez, Raúl 338 600 0000-0002-2633-635X Escolar Llamazares, María del Camino 160 600 0000-0003-2448-0267 González Díez, Irene 859 600 0000-0002-1481-7172 Velasco Saiz, Rut 8fa54aab-81d8-4b7d-a6ba-784b40bbb5ea 600 2025-03-03T08:19:55Z 2025-03-03T08:19:55Z 2024 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10274 10.3390/info15120804 2078-2489 The use of serious games on virtual learning platforms as a learning support resource is increasingly common. They are especially effective in helping students acquire mainly applied curricular content. However, a process is required to monitor the effectiveness and students’ perceived satisfaction. The objectives of this study were to (1) identify the most significant characteristics; (2) determine the most relevant predictors of learning outcomes; (3) identify groupings with respect to the different serious game activities; and (4) to determine students’ perceptions of the usefulness of the simple and complex serious game activities. We worked with a sample of 130 university students studying health sciences and biomedical engineering. The serious game activities were applied in a Moodle environment, UBUVirtual, and monitored using the UBUMonitor tool. The degree type and the type of serious game explained differing percentages of the variance in the learning results in the assessment tests (34.4%—multiple choice tests [individual assessment]; 11.2%—project performance [group assessment]; 25.6%—project presentation [group assessment]). Different clusters were found depending on the group of students and the algorithm applied. The Adjusted Rang Index was applied to determine the most appropriate algorithm in each case. The student satisfaction was high in all the cases. However, they indicated complex serious games as being more useful than simple serious games as learning resources for the practical content in both health sciences and biomedical engineering degrees. Project “Voice assistants and artificial intelligence in Moodle: a path to a smart university” -SmartLearnUni-. Project number: PID2020-117111RB-I00, funded by State Investigation Agency. Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. Government of Spain; Project “The use of serious virtual game scenarios as a resource for improving the teaching-learning process in teaching-learning process in Health Sciences and Engineering degrees”-Serious Games Virtual Space-. Project number: Nº 1-13-03-2023, funded by Vice-Rectorate for Teaching and Research Staff. University of Burgos (Spain). application/pdf eng MDPI Computers. 2024, V. 15, n. 12, 804 https://doi.org/10.3390/info15120804 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Serious games Machine learning Learning monitoring Branching scenario Tecnología Informática Psicología Enseñanza superior Technology Computer science Psychology Education, Higher Using Serious Game Techniques with Health Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Students: An Analysis Using Machine Learning Techniques info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Information 15 12 804 THUMBNAIL Sáiz-information_2024.pdf.jpg Sáiz-information_2024.pdf.jpg IM Thumbnail image/jpeg 4657 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/10274/4/S%c3%a1iz-information_2024.pdf.jpg 16bd30bfd03f9f886ccf827cb487f465 MD5 4 LICENSE license.txt license.txt text/plain; charset=utf-8 999 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/10274/3/license.txt b295bcbce42e2caabeb0c623d3860c06 MD5 3 CC-LICENSE license_rdf license_rdf application/rdf+xml; charset=utf-8 908 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/10274/2/license_rdf 0175ea4a2d4caec4bbcc37e300941108 MD5 2 ORIGINAL Sáiz-information_2024.pdf Sáiz-information_2024.pdf application/pdf 6407807 https://riubu.ubu.es/bitstream/10259/10274/1/S%c3%a1iz-information_2024.pdf 93637721e50f2514dc8475395d04ef24 MD5 1 10259/10274 oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/10274 2025-03-04 12:48:55.034 Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos bubrep@ubu.es RWwgYXV0b3IgY29tbyDDum5pY28gdGl0dWxhciBkZSBsb3MgZGVyZWNob3MgZGUgcHJvcGllZGFkIGludGVsZWN0dWFsIGRlIGxhIG9icmEsIG8gZGlzcG9uaWVuZG8gZGUgbG9zIGRlYmlkb3MgcGVybWlzb3MgZGUgbG9zIG90cm9zIHRpdHVsYXJlcywgc2kgbG9zIGh1YmllcmEsIHkgZW4gdmlydHVkIGRlIGxvcyBkZXJlY2hvcyBxdWUgbGUgY29uZmllcmUgbGEgbGVnaXNsYWNpw7NuIHZpZ2VudGUgc29icmUgcHJvcGllZGFkIGludGVsZWN0dWFsIHkgZGVyZWNob3MgZGUgYXV0b3IsIA0KQVVUT1JJWkEgYSBsYSBVbml2ZXJzaWRhZCBkZSBCdXJnb3MgYSBkaWZ1bmRpciwgZGUgbWFuZXJhIGdyYXR1aXRhLCBlbCBjb250ZW5pZG8gZGUgbG9zIGFyY2hpdm9zIGRpZ2l0YWxlcyBxdWUgY29ycmVzcG9uZGVuIGFsIGRvY3VtZW50byBkZXNjcml0byBhbnRlcmlvcm1lbnRlLCBjb24gY2Fyw6FjdGVyIG5vIGV4Y2x1c2l2byB5IGRlIG1hbmVyYSBww7pibGljYSBlbiBhY2Nlc28gYWJpZXJ0byBhIHRyYXbDqXMgZGUgSW50ZXJuZXQsIHBhcmEgbG8gcXVlIGxhIEJpYmxpb3RlY2EgcHJvY2VkZXLDoSBhIGFyY2hpdmFybG9zIGVuIGVsIFJlcG9zaXRvcmlvIEluc3RpdHVjaW9uYWwuIEFzaW1pc21vIGF1dG9yaXphIGEgbGEgVW5pdmVyc2lkYWQgZGUgQnVyZ29zIGEgcmVhbGl6YXIgbGFzIHRyYW5zZm9ybWFjaW9uZXMgbmVjZXNhcmlhcyBkZSBmb3JtYXRvLCBubyBkZSBjb250ZW5pZG8sIHBhcmEgZ2FyYW50aXphciBsYSBwcmVzZXJ2YWNpw7NuIHkgZWwgYWNjZXNvIGVuIGVsIGZ1dHVyby4NCg0KRWwgYXV0b3IgZGlzcG9uZSwgZW4gdG9kbyBjYXNvLCBkZWwgZGVyZWNobyBhIHJldm9jYXIgZXN0YSBhdXRvcml6YWNpw7NuLg0KDQpMYSBjZXNpw7NuIGRlIGRlcmVjaG9zIGRlIGVzdGEgb2JyYSBzZSBlbmN1ZW50cmEgc3VqZXRhIGEgbGEgbGVnaXNsYWNpw7NuIHZpZ2VudGUgc29icmUgcHJvcGllZGFkIGludGVsZWN0dWFsIHkgZGVyZWNob3MgZGUgYXV0b3Iu