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The 3rd Serious game study from IDATE, now available for free! (Blog post)
IDATE is pleased to offer for free the Serious Games study published in 2012.This is the 3rd edition that succeeds those of 2010 and 2008. This third edition analyzes the different segments of the Serious Gaming market based on detailed case studies and a systematic presentation of technologies, uses and professions, particularly analyzing the key stages of design, development and diffusion. It also presents the technological and business prospects for each market segme [...]Keywords : Study, Market, Education, Training, Health, Defence, Evolution, Serious Game
Competitive game environment and its application: Case study with focus on tournament entertainment (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract This study explores a novel way for analyzing tournament structures. Our goal is to find the best suitable tournament under considered purposes. Aside from the number of matches, we address on two other important aspects: competitiveness development and ranking precision. Competitiveness development emphasizes the importance participants’ motivation in every match while keeping the matches exciting throughout the tournament. Ranking precision reflects the convincement of tour [...]Psychological variables mediated by the serious game in the professional insertion and training (Broacasting our studies)
This article presents a state of the art on the link between serious games and psychological variables and their influence on social outcome. Thus, it puts into perspective different research on games and their evolution in the work world, analyzes their impact on job seekers’s learning and behavior, before highlighting the serious game catalytic effects in professional insertion and training. The research perspectives induced by this article are the job search’s gamification and the [...]Keywords : Serious game, Insertion, Dispositional variables, Counseling
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On September 8, 2016, as part of the SAMSEI (Stratégies d'Apprentissages des Métiers de Santé en Environnement Immersif) Lyon Summer School organized within the University of Lyon, a workshop named “Point sur le jeu sérieux” (Druette, 2016) was offered. During this workshop, which welcomed around fifty participants, mainly healthcare practitioners, we introduced the CEPAJe model for the first time. Developed during 2015, this model aims to explain, in part [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Evaluation, Health, Therapeutic scenario, Evaluative model, Therapeutic journey, Awareness
Between Game and Reality: Using Serious Games to Analyze Complex Interaction Processes in Air Traffic Management (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractIn 2010 the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull paralyzed a large part of the European air traffic. Results were massive restrictions in the European and intercontinental air traffic. Even after canceling the aircraft grounding, airport operators, airlines, air traffic controllers, and ground handlers had to deal with the situation that the aircraft and crews were not in the places where they should have been for the correct execution of the flight plan. To [...]Keywords : Air traffic management, Decision-making, Serious games
Voluntary Play in Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractVoluntariness is an important feature of games. Serious game designers intend to generate engaging gameplay, which implies that voluntary play should be equally important for serious games as for entertainment games. This paper describes the outcome of a study on the impact of voluntariness on learning in a serious game. The results of 19 participants, randomly assigned to voluntary and mandatory gameplay, are analyzed to identify possible differences. The findings of this study suggest [...]Keywords : Serious games, Effectiveness, Learning effect, Freedom of choice
L'Année Jeu Vidéo : 1992 (Book reference)
This tall book (larger than A4) is a collection of articles written by different authors who offer you a journey through the main video game-related events from the year 1992, in France. The book begins with a handful of papers dealing with year-long events, such as the home console competition between Nintendo and Sega, with a lot of figures. They are completed by a portrait of Masahiro Sakurai (Kirby, Smash Bros) and another one of the Lucasarts studio. Then, several articles are dealing with [...]Keywords : history, 1992, console, pc, super nes, lucasarts
Game Learning Analytics: Learning Analytics for Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractVideo games have become one of the largest entertainment industries, and their power to capture the attention of players worldwide soon prompted the idea of using games to improve education. However, these educational games, commonly referred to as serious games, face different challenges when brought into the classroom, ranging from pragmatic issues (e.g., a high development cost) to deeper educational issues, including a lack of understanding of how the students interact with the games [...]Keywords : Serious games, Game learning analytics, Learning analytics, Game analytics, Educational standards
Acceptance of Serious Games in Psychotherapy: An Inquiry into the Stance of Therapists and Patients (Broacasting our studies)
Background: Serious games are computer or video games that contain elements that are specifically designed for the purpose of education or training. Serious games are increasingly being used within healthcare, but their introduction into and application in psychotherapeutic settings as an e-mental health treatment modality raises questions for both patients and therapists. Current research demonstrates the potential role and effectiveness of serious games within a psychotherapeutic context. [...]Evaluating teaching using games (Blog post)
Edutainment is the idea of using games for training. But is it possible to evaluate edutainment? Here's a proposed model, based in particular on the initial work of Freitas and Oliver (2006). The following table summarizes our proposed CEPAJe evaluation model: This model is a double-entry grid. Vertically, there are 5 dimensions: Context, Teacher, Pedagogy, Learner and Game (CEPAJe). Each dimension is analyzed in relation to the key stages of training: introduction, progress and [...]Keywords : Serious game, Edutainment, Ludopedagogy, Evaluation, Education, Learning, Analyze, Training