A Pedagogical Game Design Document (Ped-GDD) to Promote Teachers’ Engagement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Current research suggests that using gamification in a pedagogical context can provide a positive learning experience to students. Integrating teachers’ pedagogical input into the early stage of game design is an understudied area, and although the teachers’ role is acknowledged, the way of communicating teachers’ input is still undetermined. The current literature suggests the practice of using a Gamification Design Document (GDD) to illustrate a game requirements plan is a useful approach. In this paper, we discuss the development of a Pedagogical Game Design Document (Ped-GDD) using an Agile Holistic Framework to Support Teachers in Pedagogical Gamification Design. The paper also suggests the benefits of extending the research of the Ped-GDD further to be part of an e-Government scheme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to promote resources collaboration among teachers in educational software tool developments.