Performance Tracing Report Assistant (PeTRA)
PeTRA is an ad hoc reporting tool for the Information Trails assessment framework first developed by Loh in 2007.4
The reporting tool converts learners’ play data (in real-time) using data visualization techniques and presents the information via a user-friendly interface to trainers, learners, and administrators – so they too can understand what the data means without having to call on a data analyst.
Partial Screenshot of the Performance Tracing Report Assistant (PeTRA), Copyright 2010–2011
The line on the ‘map’ (which changes depending on the game environment) indicates movements and the dots depict game events. As the players make decisions in the game, their decisions are captured and translated into behavioral data, which can then be used for debriefing (peer– or self-evaluation).
More details are available in the following publications.1,2,3
Reference:
- Loh, C. S. (Manuscript accepted for publication, 2011). Information Trails: In-process assessment of game-based learning. In D. Ifenthaler, D. Eseryel, and X. Ge (Eds.), Assessment in Game-based Learning: Foundations, Innovations, and Perspectives.New York, NY: Springer.
- Loh, C.S. (2011). Researching and Developing Serious Games as Interactive Learning Instructions. In R. E. Ferdig (Ed.), Discoveries in Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations: New Interdisciplinary Applications. (pp. 263–282). Hershey, PA: IGI-Global.
- Loh, C. S. (2009). Researching and Developing Serious Games as Interactive Learning Instructions. International Journal of Gaming and Computer Mediated Simulations. 1(4): 1–19. [PDF]
- Loh, C. S. (2007). Designing Online Games Assessment as “Information Trails.” In D. Gibson, C. Aldrich & M. Prensky (Eds.), Games and Simulation in Online Learning: Research and Development Frameworks. (pp. 323–348). Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc. [PDF]
