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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

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Interactive Digital Mobile Gaming as a Strategic Tool in the Fight against Childhood Obesity (Broacasting our studies)

The introduction of new technologies into children's daily routines is in many cases associated with negative health impacts. However, technology may also be used to promote healthy practices by way of so-called serious games. Several studies have confirmed that the use of such tools can result in significant health gains, the adoption of healthy eating habits, the practice of an active lifestyle, increased energy expenditure and decreased adiposity. In this context, the authors report a case st [...]

Keywords : Obesity, Health, Health game, Serious game

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Positive Psychology in Game Design: A Framework for Collaboration (Broacasting our studies)

ABSTRACT With more than 1.5 billion gamers around the world as of the end of 2015, with further growth projected as mobile devices achieve greater market penetration, there has been a great deal of interest in using games for purposes beyond entertainment. However, gamification and serious games often fail to engage prospective users, generate commercial interest, or meet long­term objectives, due to mismatched expectations, failures in communication, and lack of understanding of design [...]

Keywords : Well­Being Theory, Game Design, Inter­Professional Collaboration, Psycholog

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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. [...]

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Ubiquitous biofeedback serious game for stress management (Broacasting our studies)

ABSTRACT Serious games augment utilitarian applications with an entertainment dimension. Hence, information pertaining to a utilitarian objective is seamlessly incorporated into the gaming scenario. In this paper, we present the concept of ubiquitous biofeedback serious games (UBSGs), a family of games that integrate biofeedback processes in their operation. They rely on physiological inputs collected from the player through biological sensors for game control. These physiological inputs ar [...]

Keywords : Biofeedback, Biological control systems, Physiology, Entertainment industry, Biosensors, Serious gaming, Affective computing, Ubiquitous computing

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Crowdsourcing Métriques & Traces (Broacasting our studies)

=================Résumé de la conférence================= Datagame : Crowdsourcing Métriques & TracesCette présentation a pour objectif de présenter le concept de Datagame, une catégorie de Serious Game associé à des échanges de données.Les Datagames nous renvoient notamment au concept de Crowdsourcing qui sera expliqué.Ces éléments expliqués, il conviendra de comprendre ce que sous- [...]

Keywords : Datagame, Metrics, Serious Game, Data Base

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Les "Serious Games" : diffuser des messages par le jeu vidéo ? (Broacasting our studies)

Keywords : serious game, history, expressive, chris crawford

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NL & Fr Meeting around Serious Game and opportunities (Broacasting our studies)

Rencontres Business Pays Bas – Cité de la Mode et du Design (Paris)publié le 3 mars 2016 dans Evénement partenaireLe 11/03/2016A l’occasion de la visite d’Etat du Roi et de la Reine des Pays-Bas, l’Ambassade des Pays-Bas organise le 11 mars prochain une rencontre entre entreprises françaises et hollandaises à la Cité de la Mode et du Design à Paris et vous invite à y participer.Dévelop [...]

Keywords : Serious game, Economy, Business, Parternership

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Modelling with stakeholders - Next generation (Broacasting our studies)

This paper updates and builds on ‘Modelling with Stakeholders’ Voinov and Bousquet, 2010 which demonstrated the importance of, and demand for, stakeholder participation in resource and environmental modelling. This position paper returns to the concepts of that publication and reviews the progress made since 2010. A new development is the wide introduction and acceptance of social media and web applications, which dramatically changes the context and scale of stakeholder interactions [...]

Keywords : Citizen science, Social media, Serious games, Crowdsourcing, Biases, Uncertainty

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Gamification and the Psychology of Game Design in Transforming Mental Health Care (Broacasting our studies)

Researchers and health professionals have long been curious about the potential of electronic games for purposes beyond entertainment. This topic is of particular importance given the rapid growth of the game industry, whose products are enjoyed by over 1.5 billion people worldwide (EEDAR, 2015), many of them on mobile devices. As the number of smartphone users continues to grow, with conservative estimates projecting a rise from 2 billion worldwide at the end of 2015 to 6.1 billion in 2020 (Eri [...]

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