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Communication system and team situation awareness in a multiplayer real-time learning environment: application to a virtual operating room (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractDigital multi-player learning games are believed to represent an important step forward in risk management training, especially related to human factors, where they are trusted to improve the performance of a team of learners in reducing serious adverse events, near-misses and crashes in complex socio-technical systems. Team situation awareness is one of the critical factors that can lead the team to consider the situation with an erroneous mental representation. Then, inadequate decisio [...]Keywords : Digital collaborative environment, Team situation awareness, Communication, Information, Decision Making, Learning game, Virtual environment, Socio-technical system
Communication system and team situation awareness in a multiplayer real-time learning environment: application to a virtual operating room (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractDigital multi-player learning games are believed to represent an important step forward in risk management training, especially related to human factors, where they are trusted to improve the performance of a team of learners in reducing serious adverse events, near-misses and crashes in complex socio-technical systems. Team situation awareness is one of the critical factors that can lead the team to consider the situation with an erroneous mental representation. Then, inadequate decisio [...]Keywords : Digital collaborative environment, Team situation awareness, Communication, Information, Decision Making, Learning game, Virtual environment, Socio-technical system
AL-KIMIA: APRENDER QUÍMICA A TRAVES DE LA GAMIFICACIÓN DE SU HISTORIA (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract How to create an interactive product that encourages high school students to get in contact with the world of chemistry. Or how to get high school students pay any attention to the discipline of chemistry through an interactive entertainment application that besides entertaining can teach some of the most basic concepts of the The science that can better explain the progress of humanity. In the following lines we will present the steps taken in the design an interactive entertainme [...]Keywords : Video games, Game Mecanics, Design, Aesthetics, chemistry, School, Learning
Apprendre le Game Design : aspects théoriques et pratiques (Lesson)
A presentation of both practical and theoretical dimensions of Game Design. It explains the basics before you can launch in creating a (video) game.Deals with the concepts of Fun, Flow, Gameplay loop, game rule, Gameplay bricks, etc. It will also tell you to participate in Game Jams! -= Presentation slides (in french) =- (Flash file - click inside the left or right side of the window to browse through the slides) Download the game Frog Hunt (1.7mo)Keywords : game design, theory, pratice, gameplay, fun
Using Players? Gameplay Action-Decision Profiles to Prescribe Training: Reducing Training Costs with Serious Games Analytics (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract— Players’ gameplay action-decision data can be used towards profiling as serious games analytics. The insights gained can help support the decisions for performance improvement and as ‘prescriptions’ for training – e.g., diagnosing who should receive training, how much training will be given, informing the design of the game, and determining the contents for inclusion and exclusion. Data-driven training prescription can help learning organizations save mone [...]Keywords : Serious Games Analytics, Similarity measures, Performance improvement, Reducing training cost, Training prescription
Automatic Extraction of Gameplay Design Expertise: An Approach Based on Semantic Annotation (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractA Game Based Learning System (GBLS) constitutes an interesting learning environment. However, many problems are facing the general adoption of learning approaches based on this system. For instance, complexity of GBLS design process and problems of integrating learning outcomes with fun aspects constitute the major challenges. Therefore, novice game designer have not only to acquire specific skills and expertise but also to acquire them in an efficient and active pedagogical manner. For [...]Keywords : GBLS, Gameplay, Automatic knowledge extraction, Ontology learning
Comparing Voluntary and Mandatory Gameplay (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Gameplay is commonly considered to be a voluntary activity. Game designers generally believe that voluntary gameplay is essentially different from mandatory gameplay. Such a belief may be a challenge for serious games, as instruction is usually mandatory. The article describes the outcomes of two experiments on the impact of voluntariness on the learning effect and enjoyment of a serious game. In the first experiment freedom of choosing to play a serious game was studied, with part [...]Keywords : Serious games, Learning effect, Enjoyment, Mandatory play
Pokemon GO: study and reflection on the game (Blog post)
For the Ludoscience team, it's very important to play if you want to practice Ludology.Having read a few articles mentioning the idea that Pokémon GO could promote the health of its users through the walking activity it elicits, we wanted to form our own opinion by playing the title. We took the game with us on vacation, in the countryside, in the mountains and in the city.This month-long test also gave us the opportunity to make a few observations in the field, which we'd like to share w [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Video game, Smartphone, Serious Gaming, Pokemon Go, Gameplay, Research
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
Supporting Collaborative Serious Game Studies Online (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractWhile a lot of papers have argued for the educational potential of serious games, the field is still young and methods and tools are needed in order to support effective and efficient design. The SG Studies Database is an instrument devised to allow sharing structured information about SGs. This information can be used by scholars and practitioners also to perform comparative analysis and identify components and modules that could be used in different games. The SG Studies database, whic [...]Keywords : Personal Computing, Computers and Education, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Image Processing and Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics), Software Engineering