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Game Learning Analytics: Learning Analytics for Serious Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)

AbstractVideo games have become one of the largest entertainment industries, and their power to capture the attention of players worldwide soon prompted the idea of using games to improve education. However, these educational games, commonly referred to as serious games, face different challenges when brought into the classroom, ranging from pragmatic issues (e.g., a high development cost) to deeper educational issues, including a lack of understanding of how the students interact with the games [...]

Mots-clés : Serious games, Game learning analytics, Learning analytics, Game analytics, Educational standards

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Interactive Digital Mobile Gaming as a Strategic Tool in the Fight against Childhood Obesity (Diffusion de nos travaux)

The introduction of new technologies into children's daily routines is in many cases associated with negative health impacts. However, technology may also be used to promote healthy practices by way of so-called serious games. Several studies have confirmed that the use of such tools can result in significant health gains, the adoption of healthy eating habits, the practice of an active lifestyle, increased energy expenditure and decreased adiposity. In this context, the authors report a case st [...]

Mots-clés : Obésité (Obesity), Serious Game, Game, Health game, Santé

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Positive Psychology in Game Design: A Framework for Collaboration (Diffusion de nos travaux)

ABSTRACT With more than 1.5 billion gamers around the world as of the end of 2015, with further growth projected as mobile devices achieve greater market penetration, there has been a great deal of interest in using games for purposes beyond entertainment. However, gamification and serious games often fail to engage prospective users, generate commercial interest, or meet long­term objectives, due to mismatched expectations, failures in communication, and lack of understanding of design [...]

Mots-clés : Well­Being Theory, Game Design, Inter­Professional Collaboration, Psycholog

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Acceptance of Serious Games in Psychotherapy: An Inquiry into the Stance of Therapists and Patients (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Background: Serious games are computer or video games that contain elements that are specifically designed for the purpose of education or training. Serious games are increasingly being used within healthcare, but their introduction into and application in psychotherapeutic settings as an e-mental health treatment modality raises questions for both patients and therapists. Current research demonstrates the potential role and effectiveness of serious games within a psychotherapeutic context. [...]

Mots-clés : e-mental health, patients' and therapists' viewpoint, psychotherapy, serious games

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Ubiquitous biofeedback serious game for stress management (Diffusion de nos travaux)

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 a [...]

Mots-clés : Biofeedback, Biological control systems, Physiology, Entertainment industry, Biosensors, Serious gaming, Affective computing, Ubiquitous computing

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Crowdsourcing Métriques & Traces (Diffusion de nos travaux)

=================Résumé de la conférence=================  Datagame : Crowdsourcing Métriques & Traces Cette présentation a pour objectif de présenter le concept de Datagame, une catégorie de Serious Game associé à des échanges de données. Les Datagames nous renvoient notamment au concept de Crowdsourcing qui sera expliqué. Ces éléments expliqués, il conviendra de comprendre c [...]

Mots-clés : Datagame, Serious Game, Base de données, Métriques, Traces

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La première Climate Game Jam au château de Castries remporte un beau succès (Diffusion de nos travaux)

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Les "Serious Games" : diffuser des messages par le jeu vidéo ? (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Hier décrié comme un loisir « abrutissant », le jeu vidéo permet aujourd’hui de diffuser des messages éducatifs, informatifs, sociaux et même politique ! Sous le terme chapeau de « Serious Games », de nombreux jeux sont créés avec des intentions qui dépassent le simple divertissement : sensibiliser le public à des causes humanitaires, expliquer des situations sociales ou syst&eg [...]

Mots-clés : serious game, chris crawford, expression, histoire

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Climate Game Jam 2016 - parrain (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Durant une Game Jam, le rôle du parrain est d'accompagner les participants en leur donnant des conseils et retour sur leur projet de jeu.

Mots-clés : game jam, ecologie

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Table ronde Pays-Bas / France sur économie et Serious Game (Diffusion de nos travaux)

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 [...]

Mots-clés : Serious game, Business, Economie, Partenariat, Marché, Entreprises

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