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AbstractNowadays the issue of learning through play has been raised because of the generalization of the use of video games. In the 1990s, the concept of game-based learning stood out and offered educational software claiming a play environment. In the 2000s, as the game-based learning didn’t seem to keep its promises, the concept of serious game stood out and offered new applications based on the video game culture. The founding title financed by the United States Armed Forces, America&rs [...]Keywords : Serious games, Edutainment, Learning, Education, Video game
Serious Games: utilisation de jeux vidéo à des fins pédagogiques (Broacasting our studies)
A short article written for teachers. It presents Serious Games, their advantages and their limits, alongside with some practical tips on how to choose them, with some real-examples.Keywords : serious games, advantages, limits, teachers, examples
Shared Situational Awareness between inland actors at Port of Rotterdam: Improving Shared Situational Awareness by means of a game session (Broacasting our studies)
Inland transport is a crucial component for the gateway ports such as Rotterdam. There are different parties involved in the inland transport: forwarders, shipping line agents, shipping lines, sea terminals, inland carriers, etc. To operate effectively and efficiently cooperation and collaboration is required between all involved parties. The claim of this project is that the root of several problems occurring in the container flow can be explained by the low level of Shared Situational Awarenes [...]Creative Evolution of Digital Leisure Culture, Serious Games (Broacasting our studies)
At the dawn of a new digital era, people`s way of spending their leisure time and leisure activity preferences changed. Accordingly, Leisure culture is in the midst of change, such as watching movie and performance, enjoy golf etc. Due to its nature as an interactive medium, the digital game offers uniquely different approaches to the leisure activity. Leisure as state of mind is much more subjective in that it considers the individual`s perception of an activity. In that regard, we used the dig [...]Keywords : Serious game, Digital game
"RevQuest: The Black Chambers": Bringing together technology and gaming at a historical site (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract:In the digital age, museums and historical sites must explore how to leverage technologies to engage guests. Gaming-whether technology-based or not--is an approach that some museums have been using as a means for teaching visitors. Bringing the two together to create an online-onsite-online game is an effective approach for educating, immersing, and engaging guests, especially “digital natives” for whom technology is an integral part of daily life. In June 2013, the Colonial [...]Keywords : Games, Cities and towns, XML, History, Sociology, Statistics, Engines
Serious games in health care based on multimedia technologies (Broacasting our studies)
This paper describes the development currently being conducted into serious games which pursue some form of benefit in the field of health care. Although serious games are associated with software developments, developing them in the area of health care involves studying the associated multimedia technology and paying attention to aspects related to interaction with the game. Serious games for health cover matters related to education and medical treatment, rehabilitation and psychological treat [...]Keywords : Games, Computers, Educational institutions, Mixers, Medical treatment
Um jogo sério sobre realidade económica/financeira de Portugal (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract: Portugal is at hand with an unprecedented crisis with the government having to take policies, some of them tough measures. Due to the characteristics of some measures and the unaccomplishment of others, people fail to comprehend them and do not believe in its execution. This work tries to bring greater clarity to the situation of the Portuguese economy, through a serious game. The use of serious games in contexts of awareness is increasing, according to which the learning ability [...]Keywords : serious games, learning, knowledge, awareness, population, economics, finances, budget
The effect of Testing and Feedback in Digital Game-based Learning (Broacasting our studies)
Research on digital game-based learning indicates that this learning method can be - under certain conditions - more efficient than other traditional teaching methods, such as textbooks, or web-based learning. Without additional support learning from games may or may not occur, this is why instructional support should be used in educational settings. The present study focuses on testing with feedback as a type of instructional support with great promise. Testing is widely used in almost all clas [...]Keywords : Digital game-based learning, Learning from games, Testing, Feedback
Les Jeux vidéo (Book reference)
This book is part of a series titled "the world explained to grown-ups." Hence, with its 160 pages, it aims to explain, in a simple and accessible manner, the world of video games to people who don't know anything about it. Despite its reduced size, this books successfully manages to achieve his goal, as it talks about many topics: history of video games, their art and cultural aspect, their industry, their controversies (addiction & violence), alongside with more recent topics lik [...]Keywords : video game, introduction, history, art, industry, addiction, violence, gamification