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A Pedagogical Experiment Involving Game Design Students in Producing Non-Violence Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)

In this article, we describe a pedagogical experiment aimed at understanding the motivation drivers for the involvement of game design students in the development of serious game projects. This experiment was developed as a case study for the assessment of specific measures and hypotheses towards involving students in the design of a themed serious game (non-violence). Website of ECGBL 2016  ECGBL Program   Read Paper

Keywords : Serious game, Serious Gaming, Serious Diverting, Serious Modding, Learning, Game design, Non-Violence, Video game

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Business Management Simulations - a detailed industry analysis as well as recommendations for the future (Broacasting our studies)

Abstract Being exposed to serious games showed that some simulations widely vary in quality and learning outcome. In order to get to the bottom of best practices a detailed review of business management simulation literature was conducted. Additionally, an industry analysis was performed, by interviewing 17 simulation companies, testing a range of full and demo games, and conducting secondary research. The findings from both research efforts were then collated and crossreferenced against ea [...]

Keywords : Business Management Simulation Game, Technology Enhanced Learning, Serious Gaming, Best Practice

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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

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Between Game and Reality: Using Serious Games to Analyze Complex Interaction Processes in Air Traffic Management (Broacasting our studies)

AbstractIn 2010 the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull paralyzed a large part of the European air traffic. Results were massive restrictions in the European and intercontinental air traffic. Even after canceling the aircraft grounding, airport operators, airlines, air traffic controllers, and ground handlers had to deal with the situation that the aircraft and crews were not in the places where they should have been for the correct execution of the flight plan. To [...]

Keywords : Air traffic management, Decision-making, Serious games

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Le Serious game : marché en déclin ou en pleine mutation ? (Broacasting our studies)

En 2002, l’armée US propose America’s Army, un Serious Game qui correspondrait aujourd’hui à un “Call of Duty" ou “Battlefield”. Sauf que… America’s Army est diffusé gratuitement sur Internet, et téléchargé sans surprise par plusieurs millions de joueurs dans le monde ! 

Keywords : Serious game, Serious Gaming, Serious Diverting, Serious Modding, Level design, Game design

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Serious Gaming and Gamification interventions for health professional education (Protocol) (Broacasting our studies)

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:To evaluate the effectiveness of Serious Gaming and Gamification interventions for delivering pre- and post-registration health professional education compared with traditional learning, other types of eLearning, or other Serious Gaming and Gamification interventions. We will primarily assess the impact of these interventions on students’ knowledge, skills, professional attitudes and satisfaction.HAL [...]

Keywords : Serious game, Health, Health game, Protocol, Gamification

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Serious entertaining and serious modding: concepts and appropriations in the fields of education and health (Broacasting our studies)

This paper is part of an overall approach aimed at assessing what kind of support, and in what proportions, a trainer might need when using games as mediation. To do this, we believe we need to start by establishing an initial model for evaluating the initial teaching or training situation using play as mediation. To develop such a model, we have chosen to enrich an existing grid, developed in 2006 by Sara de Freitas and Martin Oliver. This co-construction is based on a hypothetico-deductive app [...]

Keywords : Serious game, Evaluation, Model, Serious gaming, Edugame, Activity, Learning, Game Based Learning

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Serious Gaming, Serious Modding and Serious Diverting? Are You Serious?! (Broacasting our studies)

In French-speaking research, the expression ‘serious gaming’ is used in English in order to refer to the practice of diverting videogames aimed at three new, functional purposes: the diffusion of message(s), training and data collection. ‘Serious games’ are thus distinguished from ‘serious gaming’: while the end result may appear similar (combining games with educational purposes), serious gaming applies new functions a posteriori. To highlig [...]

Keywords : Serious Gaming, Serious Game, Serious Modding, Serious Diverting

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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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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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