Title (eng)
Participatory Design of an Educational Escape Game about Alcohol and Partying
Lessons Learned from Co-Designing with Young Learners
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“Sober Escape: Find your Way Home” is a collaborative project with the aim of designing
an educational escape game for drug prevention – in this case “alcohol and partying”
– in a participatory design process with vocational students in Upper Austria. Orig-
inally planned with design frameworks in mind, the participatory design aspect
aimed to provide a high level of freedom for the young designers. In this regard, they
were able to influence the design process as well as the product, which led to new
design challenges on the one hand, and interesting learning experiences on the oth-
er. By analyzing reflections from the workshop facilitators, the applicability of the
mentioned frameworks for educational escape game design is evaluated when ap-
plied in a participatory design setting. This paper presents insights from the lessons
learned in this design process regarding empowerment and project environments.
Generally, a high level of freedom and democracy in participatory design results in
less applicability of predetermined frameworks due to a considerable need for col-
lective reflection on drug-preventive topics. Further, a high number of participants
results in a wide range of ideas and input, whereas a small number of participants
results in deeper exploration of ideas and sensitive topics.
Keywords (eng)
Educational escape gameparticipatory designdrug preventionalcoholvocational education
Type (eng)
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[deu]
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Title (deu)
DAC - DIGITALES JOURNAL FÜR KUNST- & KULTURWISSENSCHAFTEN
Volume
2
Publication
Department für Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
Date issued
2025-11-06
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