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This research was funded by the Madrid Regional Government, through the project e-Madrid-CM, under Grant P2018/TCS-4307, and in part by the Structural Funds (FSE and FEDER).

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Borras-Gene, OriolCorresponding AuthorMacias-Guillen, AlmudenaAuthor

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Digital Educational Escape Room Analysis Using Learning Styles

Publicated to:Information (Switzerland). 13 (11): 522- - 2022-11-01 13(11), DOI: 10.3390/info13110522

Authors: Borras-Gene, Oriol; Montes Diez, Raquel; Macias-Guillen, Almudena

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Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Business Econ Dept, Campus Vicalvaro,Paseo Artilleros S-N, Madrid 28032, Spain - Author
Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Comp & Stat Dept, Campus Mostoles Calle Tulipan S-N, Madrid 28933, Spain - Author

Abstract

Teachers often need to adapt their teaching methodologies in order to overcome possible limitations and ensure that education does not lose quality in the face of different scenarios that may arise in the educational environment, which are not always the most desirable. Techniques such as the Educational Escape Room (ERE) in higher education, are taking a great increase due to its popularity among young people as a leisure activity. This study shows an educational research based on the application of a Digital Educational Escape Room (DEER) to respond to the limitations of hybrid teaching with students divided between the classroom and their homes. Through the analysis of a control group, with a traditional lecture class, and an experimental group with the use of a pretest and a posttest, with the addition of studying the different learning styles of the students in each group, interesting results and conclusions have been obtained that offer a replicability of this technique for other fields and educational modalities.

Keywords

Computer aided instructionComputer assisted learningComputer gamesCovid-19E-learningEducational environmentEducational escape roomEducational gameEducational gamesEducational innovationEducational innovationsHigh educationsHigher educationLearning stylesLearningstylesModelStudentsTeachers'Teaching methodologiesYoung peoples

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Information (Switzerland) due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Information Systems.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.03, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-29, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 8
  • Scopus: 13

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-29:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 50.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 50 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 5 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Borrás Gené, Oriol) and Last Author (Macías Guillén, Almudena).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Borrás Gené, Oriol.