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They turned their research into a game (Broacasting our studies)
Creating a “serious game” about research in a limited time: that's the aim of the Serious Game Jam, the next edition of which will take place on January 30, 31 and February 1ᵉʳ, 2025. Two participants look back on their experience last year, with the “Jardin'Âges” game.Keywords : Serious Game, Serious Game Jam, Game Jam, Game Design, Serious Game Design
Managerial skills and soft skills developed in entrepreneurial games (Broacasting our studies)
On the work market and for corporate recruiters, soft skills have become increasingly sought-after. Technical skills are always present, but they are no longer sufficient on the employment market. As part of this dynamic, serious games can be used as tools to work more specifically on managerial skills. After underlining the importance of these skills, we propose a selection of titles and a critical look at games that can stimulate and reinforce them.Keywords : managerial skills, education, game, play, serious game, soft skills
Develop computational thinking through the design of educational video games (Broacasting our studies)
Video games are becoming an increasingly important part of children’s daily leisure activities. Their use as an educational tool seems to be a good way to combat the decline in motivation and the loss of meaning in learning that has been observed among students. The constructionist approach proposed by Papert aims to explore the creation of video games by learners. Several studies have shown that it is associated with the development of computational thinking. However, a recent meta-analys [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Game design, Constructionism, Computational Thinking, 21st century skills, Ludopedagogy, Edutainment
Classify and rate games (Broacasting our studies)
The aim of this presentation is to explain the social constructs and subjective perceptions associated with games. This necessarily leads to limitations in classifying games, whether at artifact or player level. In this way, we can understand why classification by Gameplay Brick (artifacts) or via the ESAR system (players) are unable to categorize games. To demonstrate this, an activity was proposed during the conference: ask participants to play games and come up with skills that could be assoc [...]Keywords : Game, Play, Taxinomy, Evaluation, Classification, Subjectivity, Social construct, ESAR
Onion soup and management: the utilitarian instrumentalization of videogames (Broacasting our studies)
In the context of serious games, this chapter asks whether it is possible, in a formal situation, to superimpose utilitarian and game objectives while preserving both parties. We hypothesize that the answer to this research question is affirmative. To verify this, we are studying it from two angles: that of the artifact (Serious Game) and that of the activity (edutainment session). In our attempt to test our hypothesis, using an edutainment session based on a video game, we have identified a rec [...]Keywords : Edutainement, Serious games, Serious Gaming, Instrumentalization, Video games, Mediation, Learning, Ludopedagogy
Onion soup and management: the utilitarian instrumentalization of videogames (Broacasting our studies)
In the context of serious games, this chapter asks whether it is possible, in a formal situation, to superimpose utilitarian and game objectives while preserving both parties. We hypothesize that the answer to this research question is affirmative. To verify this, we are studying it from two angles: that of the artifact (Serious Game) and that of the activity (edutainment session). In our attempt to test our hypothesis, using an edutainment session based on a video game, we have identified a rec [...]Keywords : Edutainement, Serious games, Serious Gaming, Instrumentalization, Video games, Mediation, Learning, Ludopedagogy
How to reinvent health prevention through play? (Broacasting our studies)
Interview with Julian Alvarez, PhD in Information and Communication Sciences, specializing in Ludopedagogy, Serious Game & Gamification at Immersive Factory and the University of Lille. Communities and companies committed to the PNNS charter, and more broadly, structures that work in the field of prevention in health nutrition, implement health education actions with different audiences. By definition, a serious game is a mix between serious content and a fun scenario. It can be a learn [...]Keywords : Serious game, Health, Health game, Gamification, Nutrition
Misconception 4: Video games have no place in the classroom with Julian Alvarez (Broacasting our studies)
Podcast: "Are you thinking of using video games in your university teaching? You may not realize that video games can be a useful learning tool. In this fourth episode, we welcome Julian Alvarez, a teacher-researcher in Information and Communication Sciences at the University of Lille, who answers the common misconception that “video games have no place in the classroom”. A pioneer in research into the link between games and learning, he shares with us examples of how video game [...]Keywords : Ludopedagogy, Edutainment, Serious game, Education, Ethics
(Broacasting our studies)
This conference was held in St Quentin (France) and is part of a series of events intended to question editorial productions addressing the issue of gender. The intervention took the form of a guided tour of the exhibition “Do video games escape the question of gender?” available here. TV report on the eventKeywords : Gender, Video game, History
Ludopedagogy: what if we used games to develop soft skills? Interview with Julian Alvarez (Broacasting our studies)
Edutainment, or the art of integrating game mechanisms into learning, is proving an increasingly popular approach within companies. Motivating learners, engaging them and even improving memorization - the benefits of games are well established. However, behind its many advantages also lie challenges and ethical issues. Julian Alvarez, PhD in information and communication sciences - specializing in edutainment, serious games and gamification - addresses these issues in his latest book, “Ser [...]Keywords : Softskills, Serious games, Ludopedagogy, Edutainment