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Virtual Simulations and Serious Games in Community Health Nursing Education: A Review of the Literature (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractThe recent shift in healthcare delivery from that of the hospital to the community calls for skilled community health nurses. The role and practice of community health nurses differs from that of a nurse clinician. Unlike the skills required for that of a nurse clinician, much of the skills required for community health nursing and their application cannot be developed and practised within newly developed and highly innovative practice laboratory facilities where the focus of patient car [...]Keywords : Virtual Simulation, Serious Game
Call for papers: Serious gaming 2014 (Blog post)
Special session about serious gaming during the 6th Global Conference: Video Games Culture Project, from Thursday, 17th July to Saturday, 19th July 2014, Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Key words: serious games, serious gaming, education, projects with students, level design, case studies SimCity in geography lessons, Civilisation V for non-violence education, Read Dead Redemption as a means of addressing the history of the Far West… These [...]Keywords : Call for papers, Serious Gaming, Serious Game, education, projects with students, level design, case studies, Modding
EMERGENT LEARNING THROUGH PLAYFUL INTERACTIONS AND SERIOUS GAMES WHEN COMBINING AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE WITH WIRELESS GRIDS (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore emergent learning in relation to playful interactions and instances of serious game conceptualization when combining the emerging and next generation technologies of ambient awareness with wireless grids. A review of the literature is presented for playful interactions and serious games in relation to ambient awareness and wireless grids. Using a case study approach and multiple methods of quantitative and qualitative data collection, the stu [...]Keywords : Ambient awareness, Ambient learning, Autonomy, Edgeware, Emergent learning, Emotion/affect, Playful interactions, Serious games
Une proposition de modèle de design pédagogique dans un processus de co-conception d'un jeu sérieux par des apprenants-concepteurs (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Since the 90s, integrating computer-based educational gaming into the learning process has been amply studied and criticized for not producing conclusive evidence, especially within the context of edutainment and CBT (Egenfeldt-Nielsen, 2005; p.265). Nonetheless, the emergence of constructivist learning environments, constructivist- centered learning approaches and instructional design models are providing new ways for integration of educational game in classrooms. A third generati [...]Keywords : Edutainment, Edugame, Serious games, Education, Learning through design, Co-conception, Instructional design and model
Serious Games: an introduction, now available as eBook! (Blog post)
Our editor has just published an eBook version of our book "Serious Games: an introduction". This version meets the request of several readers who asked us an electronic format. It is available here. For the occasion, our editor has put online the first 32 pages of this 2nd edition of the book in free access. Enjoy!Keywords : Serious game, Serious Gaming, Serious Play, eBook, Health, Learning, Market, Communication
Julian Alvarez (Play research lab) : "Les serious games permettent de contextualiser les enseignements théoriques avec des cas concrets" (Broacasting our studies)
Les 4 et 5 juin 2013 s'est tenu le salon E-virtuoses, dédié au serious game et à tous ses usages. Julian Alvarez, chercheur au Play research lab, laboratoire R&D de la CCI Grand Hainaut et enseignant à l’université Lille 1, revient sur un concept clé pour l'enseignement supérieur, le serious gaming. A l'heure où la question de l’innovation pédagogique est de plus en plus présente dans l [...]Keywords : Serious game, Serious gaming, Education, Learning
Workshop : Design (Broacasting our studies)
Bilingual workshop (french / english) on the topic: "How to create better and cheaper Serious Games: Serious Gaming, Modding, Gamification, software authoring… ?"Keywords : serious game, gamification, serious gaming, design
Le débat de Game One - le Serious Gaming (Broacasting our studies)
A tv debate run by Game One channel about "Serious Gaming."Keywords : serious gaming, game one, tv
CALL FOR PAPERS - e-virtuoses 2013 (Blog post)
================================================================================= International Scientific Symposium "Games for all purposes? Appropriation, Repurposing and Rejection" ================================================================================= On 4 and 5 June 2013 in Valenciennes, during the "e-virtuoses" scientific convention, dedicated to the use of games and play (digital or not) for utilitarian purposes, we will host a scientific [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Serious Gaming, Gamification, Serious Play, Evaluation, Uses, Organisation, Transformation
Introduction au Serious Game / Serious Games: an Introduction (Broacasting our studies)
The Serious Game concept connects video games with the opportunity to broadcast messages, provide training, or enable data collection. Many different market segments make use of such games, including: training, health, defense, communications, politics, etc. The authors present their definition of Serious Games, recount its history, identify the major market segments involved, present key games, and determine whether Serious Games represent a technological innovation or a change in video game us [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Serious Gaming, Serious Play, Simulation, Video games