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Designing games for learning: An investigation of instructional designers, game designers, and teachers design decisions and epistemological beliefs (Broacasting our studies)
ABSTRACT Fields within education and training have been exploring the use of educational computer-based games, often referred to as serious games (SG), in multiple disciplines of academic research including the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains. Traditionally, game designers tend to represent a different viewpoint about learning than instructional designers, or even teachers. More so, one of the fundamental roles designers play in making decisions is based on multiple factors, w [...]Keywords : Serious games, Instructional levels, Epistemology
Improving Elderly Health Care by Using Serious Games: A Systematic Literature Review (Broacasting our studies)
The reiterating demographical statistics have been consistent in elaborating the growing rate of the aged population in both developing and developed countries. Currently, steady increase in lifespan of certain populations has been observed which further exacerbates this trend. Governments and other stakeholders in health care have embraced solutions from various disciplines in improving the wellbeing of their elderly citizenry. Serious Games (SGs) are games that have been designed to accomplish [...]Keywords : Serious Games, eHealth, elderly health care
DESENVOLVIMENTO DE JOGO PARA CRIANÇAS DIABÉTICAS (Broacasting our studies)
Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 is a disease that mainly affects children and adolescents and if not handled carefully can lead to several complications . It is therefore proposed the use of a Serious Game for Health , in order to help these children in the learning process about the disease. References (1): ALVAREZ, J. et al. Serious games: Training & teaching-healthcare-defence & security-information & communication. IDATE, France, 2010.Keywords : Diabetes, Games, Serious Games, Health Games
OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF A CLASSROOM TEACHING AND LEARNING PRACTICE BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY AND SERIOUS GAMES ON MOBILE PLATFORMS (Broacasting our studies)
This qualitative research is part of a learning effort to better understand how serious games are exploited in a science education context. The research team examined this issue by focusing on augmented reality as a technological innovation imbedded on a tablet. Given the current state of knowledge related to serious games and augmented reality, and given the fact that its use in the context of teaching/learning is not extended, this paper focuses on an initial exploration of how a new teaching [...]Keywords : Mobile learning, Augmented reality, Serious games, Design-based research, Physics
Maximum Similarity Index (MSI): A metric to differentiate the performance of novices vs. multiple-experts in serious games (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractIn learning environments, appropriate objectives are needed to create the conditions for learning and consequently the performance to occur. It follows that appropriate metrics would also be necessary to properly measure what actually constitute performance in situ (within that environment), and to measure if learning has indeed occurred. Serious games environments can be problematic for performance measurement because publishers often posit the game would automatically facilit [...]Facilitation matters: A framework for instructor-led serious gaming (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractThis thesis explores the use of serious games from an instructor perspective. More specifically, it aims to study the roles of instructors and how they can be facilitated within an instructor-led game-based training environment. Research within the field of serious games has mostly focused on the learners' perspective, but little attention has been paid to what the instructors do and what challenges that entails. In this thesis, I argue that serious games, as artefacts used for learning [...]Keywords : Serious games, Serious gaming, Game-based training
About using serious games to teach (Portuguese) sign language (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Sign language is the form of communication used by Deaf people, which, in most cases have been learned since childhood. The problem arises when a non-Deaf tries to contact with a Deaf. For example, when nonDeaf parents try to communicate with their Deaf child. In most cases, this situation tends to happen when the parents did not have time to properly learn sign language. This dissertation proposes the teaching of sign language through the usage of serious games. Currently, similar [...]Keywords : Natural User Interface, Sign Language, Serious Game, Kinect Sensor, Image Processing
Learning Without Knowing: A study of playfulness in educational games (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract The use of tablet computers have increased significantly in numerous parts of society during recent years, and the educational sector is no exception. Use of games in educational situations has intrigued scholars of different disciplines, presenting both favouring and opposing opinions. Whilst the educational effectiveness of the game media is discussed, research done in the area of cognitive development, psychology and pedagogy argue for the importance of play and the positive eff [...]Keywords : Game design, Educational games for children, Playfulness, Educational games in Sweden
A Preliminary Study of Serious Game Effect Model based on Construal-Level Theory (Broacasting our studies)
Many of recent studies have suggested various positive outcomes of serious games. However, relatively little emphasis has been placed on the roles of user-centered factors from a psychological perspective. One of the main goals of serious games is the change of the user`s perception and behavior towards a positive direction. To achieve this goal, psychological factors should be applied to the user`s playing process in serious games. Inspired by construal-level theory(CLT), we propose a CLT appli [...]Keywords : Serious game, User's perception, psychological factors
Serious game et apprentissage en réalité virtuelle: résultats d'une étude préliminaire sur la mémorisation en langue étrangère (Broacasting our studies)
This study aims at analyzing the influence of 3-D interaction on learning a foreign language from an experiment conducted with German language learners. The objective is to draw empirical evidence on the usefulness of Virtual Reality technologies in the conception of a serious game. The results of the empirical study show a positive influence of 3D interaction on lexical short-term memorization, but did not revealed a significant influence on long-term memorization. The study also highlights the [...]Keywords : Serious game, Virtual reality, Learning, Languages, Interaction