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The affiliation between student achievement and elements of gamification in learning science (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract:Gamification is a new form of approach that is being looked into in the world of education. With its game elements that relates to the needs of the current generation of users whose life is entangled in the world of technology. Yet the use of technology is not a one size fits all deal; thus it is important to identify how certain gamification elements influences students. This is vital point that needs to be understood before endeavouring further into the infusion of gamification in edu [...]Keywords : secondary school, student achievement, gamification element, science learning
Military and Defence Applications (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractVirtual environments are synthetic computer simulations that represent activities at a high degree of realism, and which are presented to a user in such a way that s/he temporarily suspends belief and accepts them as real environments (see Witmer & Singer, 1998). Virtual Environments (VEs) allow people to communicate as avatars, which are digital visual projections that represent a synthetic reality (Fox & Ahn, 2013), so that individuals can change aspects of their identity, [...]Keywords : Defence, Serious game
Analysis of serious games based on pedagogical features and proposal of civil defence training game (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractThis paper focuses on the analysis of serious games. We analysed and evaluated serious games, and particularly their training aspect, based on the classification method of Djaouti et al. (2011b). Further, we evaluated existing training games and based on the results developed a civil defence training game for Korea. The game has been designed to train professional civil defence personnel based on pedagogical features of serious games for training. This research can serve as the groundwor [...]Keywords : Serious games, Pedagogical features, Civil defence training, Training games, Game-based training, Safety education
Digital Game Features and Play Contexts (Broacasting our studies)
Digital games are everywhere. Once just a fixture in family living rooms, they're now being played in almost every setting imaginable—in schools, at the workplace, restaurants, in the backseats of cars, and on subway platforms—and by individuals of all ages, from ... References (1) : Djaouti, D., Alvarez, J., Jessel, J., Rampnoux, O., Origins of Serious Games. In Ma, M., Oikonomou, A., Jain, L. (eds.), Serious Games and Edutainment Applications. Springer-Verl [...]De lo virtual a lo físico: expandiendo las fronteras entre arte y vida a través de los juegos digitales emersivos (Broacasting our studies)
Resumen de la tesis Los juegos digitales tienen la capacidad de introducir al sujeto, de fuera hacia dentro, en un espacio de significación consensuado por los jugadores. Sin embargo, también tienen un gran potencial para hacer emerger el contenido del juego a la vida del sujeto, de dentro hacia fuera. Igualmente, el arte crea un espacio de significación consensuado que, además de permitir la inmersión, admite la emersión del contenido del arte a la [...]Keywords : Art, Video Game, Serious Game, Gamification, Immersion
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
A Gamification Approach to Getting Students Engaged in Academic Study (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Serious games and gamification are emerging in many areas of society. In addition to an effective way of entertainment, games can be adopted as a persuading tool to guide person to achieve specific goal, citing their ultimate attraction. In this paper, we are interested in the mechanism and application of gamification in the field of academic education. Games feature a potential to promote students to learn in a spontaneous and effective manner, since the challenge and fun in games [...]Keywords : Academic education, Gamification, Digital circuit course, Serious games
Entertaining the similarities and distinctions between serious games and virtual heritage projects (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract This article summarizes past definitions of entertainment, serious games and virtual heritage in order to discuss whether virtual heritage has particular problems not directly addressed by conventional serious games. For virtual heritage, typical game-style entertainment poses particular ethical problems, especially around the simulation of historic violence and the possible trivialization of culturally sensitive and significant material. While virtual heritage can be considered to [...]Keywords : Entertainment, Virtual heritage, Authenticity, Violence, Interaction design
Game Design of Therapeutic Games : Models and methods to design the gameplay (Broacasting our studies)
This PhD thesis explores the field of therapeutic games in order to propose methods and tools for the game designer of such games. The most fundamental design problem of therapeutic games is the gameplay, ie. the game objectives and the actions the player does to address the objectives. In therapeutic game, the gameplay must, at the same time, provide the therapeutic effects and motivate the patient to follow his protocol. The sub-problems of this are 1. the two-fold evaluation (medical and moti [...]Keywords : Serious game, Health, Health game, Gameplay
Jogos sérios para reabilitação cognitiva (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Rehabilitation can be defined as a process devised in response to unplanned life changes imposed by diseases or traumatic accidents. Cognitive rehabilitation is a form of therapy, focused on restoring functions that remain partially intact, applied to people with some form of cognitive impairment such as memory loss. The problem of traditional approaches is the lack of motivation and lack of interest of patients to perform repetitive tasks. This is where the concept of serious game [...]Keywords : Serious games, Rehabilitation, Cognitive rehabilitation, NUI, Games