Digital game based learning tools: an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in economics-related courses at tertiary education level

Most tertiary students find it difficult to learn economics, especially during pandemic and endemic times of Covid 19. Low levels of visualisation abilities and memory problems are the main obstacles to learning economics, which prevent students from understanding the subject's theory and applications. The purpose of this concept paper is to identify the priorities and selection criteria that tertiary education students utilise while selecting digital gaming-based learning resources for economics-related courses. In this study, 100 students enrolled in tertiary education at the UiTM Perak Branch Tapah Campus will complete a pair-wise comparison survey. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), a multi-criteria decision-making process, will then be used to assess their judgements. Two main criteria were considered, "Environment Factors" and "Persuasion Factors," with a total of nine sub-criteria. The conceptual study on DGBL tools employing the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in higher education level economics courses is crucial because tertiary educational institutions can implement the choice strategies and entice students to utilise DGBL tools when studying for courses connected to economics. In order to further enhance the utilisation rates of DGBL tools in the classroom, tertiary educational institutions, particularly the lecturer or instructors, should leverage on the criteria that tertiary education students are expected to value.