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Julian Alvarez's work since 1991 (Broacasting our studies)

This Mind Map presents all Julian Alvarez's work since 1991 in the fields of serious games, edutainment, video games, robot pedagogy... In concrete terms, you'll find writings, applications, videos, podcasts... The idea is to offer you a different way of browsing the various resources.We welcome your feedback!   

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Mental map of resources and achievements Serious games, edutainment, gamification... (Blog post)

This mind map presents all Julian Alvarez's work since 1991 in the fields of serious games, edutainment, video games, robot pedagogy... In concrete terms, you'll find writings, applications, videos, podcasts... The idea is to offer you a different way of browsing the various resources. We welcome your feedback!     

Keywords : Mind Map, Ressources

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Educational games, ethics and responsible development (Broacasting our studies)

Lecture given as part of FIJLoC (Festival International du Jeu et Loisirs des Caraïbes). This conference addresses the issues surrounding the video game industry on an international level, as well as questions surrounding the Soft Power operated via video games. Link to the video  

Keywords : Soft Power, Video game industry, Ethics, Editions

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Introduction to edutainment (Broacasting our studies)

Lecture given as part of the FIJLoC (Festival International du Jeu et Loisirs des Caraïbes). This conference offers an introduction to edutainment. Link to the movie

Keywords : Edutainment, Game, Video game, Play, Serious Game, Serious Play, Pedagogy

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An educational robotics experiment conducted with five-year old pupils to learn coding / decoding / design: Statistical results and interpretations (Broacasting our studies)

The main objective of this study is to assess the reliability of the Blue Bot experiment by statistical means. This experiment was carried out in 2017 in France and was based on the reported performances of 230 pupils in 28 Year-1 1 classes for coding, decoding and programming. 35 teachers were involved in the Blue Bot project. This study aims at replying the following issue: Out of the various available modalities (body, robot and tablet), what types of performances were identified when five-ye [...]

Keywords : Robot-based pedagogy, Coding / decoding, Modalities, Comparative study, Programming design, Evaluation research, Serious games, Year 1 pupils

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Player Personality Profile Grid (PPP Grid) (Broacasting our studies)

The purpose of this article is to propose a model to help trainers assess the player profiles they are likely to encounter among their learners. The goal is to maximize the chances of making an edutainment session as effective as possible. This approach resulted in a first iteration of a model. This model was built and derived based on statistical analysis of 1,126 individuals who completed a questionnaire about their communication personality, age, gamer profile, and weekly play time. Using thi [...]

Keywords : Profiles, Players, Personnality, Learners, DiSC Model, Bartle's Typology

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Player Personality Profile Grid (PPP Grid) (Broacasting our studies)

Powerpoint of the ISAGA 2023 presentation.

Keywords : Serious Game, Player, Personality, Profile

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Ludopedagogy: instructions for use in professional training (Broacasting our studies)

Learning, progressing and evolving while having fun in a dual interactive and participative mode: more commonly, edutainment consists in taking participants out of their context to make them aware of certain notions through play.Julian Alvarez, professor and researcher specializing in Serious Games and gamification, shares his expertise with C2podcast on the contribution of edutainment to adult learning.Learner engagement, trial-and-error learning, pedagogical differentiation and the stimulation [...]

Keywords : Podcast, Serious game, Training, Game, Ludopedagogy, Edutainment

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Etude sur l'évolution des vocables relatifs au domaine du Serious Game entre 2019 et 2022 (Broacasting our studies)

L’objectif de ce poster est d’étudier l’évolution du nombre d’occurrences associées aux mots-clés « Serious Games » et « Gamification », notamment durant la période 2019 à 2022. Ceci a pour but d’éprouver une hypothèse selon laquelle associer du jeu à des visées utilitaires s’inscrirait désormais dans un discours en reconstruction au sens de [...]

Keywords : Serious game, Analyse

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Ludopedagogy: Does video game escape the question of gender? (Broacasting our studies)

 Ludopedagogy: Does video game escape the question of gender?The Research and Communication departments of INSPE Lille offer full access to the digital version of the exhibition entitled "Does video game escape the question of gender?".Read...  

Keywords : Exhibition, Video game, Game, Gender, Marketing, Research

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