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Origin of serious video games (Broacasting our studies)

50 years ago, in 1972, the general public really discovered video games, with the commercial success of Atari's Pong arcade machine and the launch of the first home console: Odyssey's Magnavox. Before 1972, video games already existed, but they were not really accessible to the general public. This was known as the “prehistory of video games”.20 years ago, in 2002, the general public discovered the video game title America's Army. Developed for the U.S. Army and distributed free on t [...]

Keywords : Serious games, Retro serious games, Video games, Retrogaming, Video game history

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Gameplay Bricks Model, a Theoretical Framework to Match Game Mechanics and Cognitive Functions (Broacasting our studies)

This article investigated whether it is possible to establish correspondences between game mechanics and particular cognitive stimulations. There are many challenges to prevent and treat cognitive decline with aging or neurocognitive disease. Observing difficulties to establish such correspondences in the scientific literature, we proposed to move away from “classification by genre” or any other type of taxonomy that deviates from the framework of the “Rules/Formal schemas&rdqu [...]

Keywords : video games, serious games, game mechanics, cognitive functions, executive functions

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Keywords : Ludopedagogy, Book of which you are the hero, Serious game, Gamification, Escape game, Remote, Learning, Virtual

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Evolution and influences of the key-words « gameplay », « ludic » and « fun » in the writings produced by English-speaking and French-speaking journal (Broacasting our studies)

ISSN-L (papier) : 1622-1494 · ISSN (électronique) : 2111-434XArticle pp.213-248 du Vol.17 n°1-2 (2021) TitleEvolution and influences of the key-words “gameplay”, “ludic” and “fun” in the writings produced by English-speaking and French-speaking journalist’s communities related to video games between 1977 and 2019 AbstractThis paper aims to study whether the community of English-speaking journalist [...]

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Emergence of the "gameplay" term in the English-speaking and French-speaking video game culture sphere in the 20th century (Broacasting our studies)

The present study aims to verify the emergence of the terms « game play » (in one word) and « gameplay » (in two words) within the framework of the Anglophone and Francophone video game cultural sphere. Starting from the writings of Wikipedia who sees the origin of these words associated with the mention « How the game plays ? » which would have appeared on the first coin-op arcade games, we are conducting an investigation of [...]

Keywords : gameplay, game play, video game, lexicometry, emergence, coin-op arcade Games, History of video game

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Quelle est l'origine de "Gameplay" ? (Broacasting our studies)

Urban legend has it that the word "gameplay" comes from the notices found on the first arcade machines... What do you think? In this new episode, Dr. Ludus explores the origins of the word "gameplay".  Find out more about the origin of "gameplay": https://journals.openedition.org/sdj/...  Credits :  Graphic and sound design: Quentin Alvarez Assembly: Quentin Alvarez Scenario : Julian Alvarez Production: Ludoscience - 2022   They're talkin [...]

Keywords : Gameplay, Game play, Origin, Urban legend

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Introducing pupils to robotics & computer science: when mediating materials impact the teaching action's grammar (Broacasting our studies)

ABSTRACT : This paper presents a comparative study of cognitive mediations between pedagogical devices dedicated to introduced robotic/ computer science to last section of kindergarten learners. The ludo-pedagogical session “Blue Bot” used for the experimentations was declined in three modalities: the body, the robot and digital tablets. This study highlights how mediator instruments influence acts of teaching through the identification of professional gestures, postures an [...]

Keywords : Educational robotics, Cognitive mediation, Activity analysis, Last section of kindergarten, Teacher acts, Professional gestures and postures

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PATTERN..PATTERN.. : learning loops without spatial skills (Broacasting our studies)

ABSTRACT : This article presents an educational setting intended to introduce 5-6 year olds pupils to the loop concept. It articulates unplugged activities, problem solving and creative activities through an online platform. The analysis of observations and digital traces collected in an ecological setting shows that it is possible to introduce basic algorithmic concepts by relying solely on visual patterns identification, avoiding spatial tracking difficulties (robot movements). We al [...]

Keywords : Computational Thinking, Programming Learning, Game-based Learning, Serious Play

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Digital games and Ludopedagogy: Introduction to a special issue (Broacasting our studies)

 Vol 6 - Issue 1  By proposing to study both the genesis and the actuality, but also the implementation and the reception of digital games in the educational worlds, this thematic file aims at enriching the reflection in two fields of research, that of the "educations to" and that of a digital (or informational) culture. See the special issue: https://www.openscience.fr/Numero-1-678     

Keywords : Serious games, Video games, Ludopedagogy, Game based learning

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The value of play in learning (Broacasting our studies)

Edutainment is the idea of using games as a learning task. But why use games in teaching and training? What are the added values of such an approach?

Keywords : Serious game, Video game, Ludopedagogy, Edutainment

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