Barriers and Benefits of Serious Games and AI in Education

Today, as technology and games have become integral to everyday life, challenges arise in maintaining and enhancing the focus on learning. Although digital games offer excellent opportunities for innovative ways of acquiring knowledge, distraction and how best to balance the entertainment side with the education objectives also create problems. In such an environment, the main goal is to utilize games as motivational tools that engage students while contributing to the development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity. Research is based on a survey among students and teachers from three partner countries, targeting their perception of Serious Games and AI as an educational means in which barriers and obstacles may arise when including it in the teaching and learning process. These data will help formulate recommendations on how to optimize the use of Serious Games within educational systems across three diverse cultures and educational practices.