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For Omani children, these games may be culturally inappropriate and difficult to comprehend and follow, impeding children\u2019s learning. Three questionnaires and one observational checklist were used to gather data from 40 respondents (observers). SPSS was used in data analysis. Through experiments, the behavior of Omani students towards the use of imported educational games was examined. Five main factors, namely, efficiency, learnability, memorability, errors, and satisfaction, of educational games for a target user were measured using Hybrid User Evaluation Methodology for Remote Evaluation (HUEMRE), Training Framework for Untrained Observer (TFUO), and Framework on Educational Games Behavior Intention (EGsBI), which are specifically designed frameworks for this purpose. The results of this study explained that the Omani children are facing difficulties in using the imported educational games; furthermore, this study proves that culture, language, animation, and interaction are contributing heavily to benefiting from educational games, and, therefore, these factors shall be highly considered in the process of educational games design to facilitate and ensure children learning; furthermore, the findings of this study enrich the comprehension of how the specified factors positively affect behavioral intention of Omani students in the use of educational games and in improving the behavior intention level of these students.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2022\/9427405","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,22]],"date-time":"2022-08-22T15:06:14Z","timestamp":1661180774000},"page":"1-13","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Usability Evaluation of Educational Games: An Analysis of Culture as a Factor Affecting Children\u2019s Educational Attainment"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2022","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5187-4902","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Marwan","family":"Alshar\u2019e","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Computing Sciences, Gulf College, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9536-930X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Ali","family":"Albadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Faculty of Computing Sciences and Head Centre for Postgraduate Studies and Research, Gulf College, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6894-2756","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Malik","family":"Jawarneh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Computing Sciences, Gulf College, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9761-613X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Noman","family":"Tahir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Computing Sciences, Gulf College, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3321-1667","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Marya","family":"Al Amri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Computing Sciences, Gulf College, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","reference":[{"key":"1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5153","DOI":"10.3390\/su12125153","article-title":"Trends in educational research about e-learning: a systematic literature review (2009\u20132018)","volume":"12","author":"J. 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