World of Trivia: A Player versus Player Game in the Web of Data with User Generated Content

14 Pages Posted: 28 Apr 2013

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Stamatina Graikousi

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Christos Bellos

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Agis Papantoniou

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Vasilis Loumos

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

Date Written: April 27, 2013

Abstract

Digital games have become an integral part of the culture of the new generations. Edutainment and Games Based Learning (GBL) seem to have found their place within the overall educational process, as “traditional teaching” methods are increasingly considered inefficient in providing the required learning outcomes. This paper presents World of Trivia, an online multiplayer game developed within the Facebook environment through the use of the node.js platform, one of the most modern server-side techniques for online gaming. The game presented retrieves its content from DBpedia, the Wikipedia knowledge base, through the use of Semantic Web technologies. World of Trivia provides an excellent environment for Internet users to challenge themselves either in single player or multiplayer mode by answering questions on the various thematic domains that Wikipedia Open Content provides, combining in this way entertainment with education.

Keywords: Web of Data, Web 3.0, Semantic Web, Edutainment, Games Based Learning, Facebook API, trivia games

JEL Classification: I20

Suggested Citation

Graikousi, Stamatina and Bellos, Christos and Papantoniou, Agis and Loumos, Vasilis, World of Trivia: A Player versus Player Game in the Web of Data with User Generated Content (April 27, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2257211 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2257211

Stamatina Graikousi

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ( email )

Athens
Greece

Christos Bellos

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ( email )

Athens
Greece

HOME PAGE: http://www.medialab.ntua.gr

Agis Papantoniou (Contact Author)

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) - School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ( email )

Athens
Greece

HOME PAGE: http://www.medialab.ntua.gr

Vasilis Loumos

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) ( email )

Athens
Greece

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