This paper updates and builds on ‘Modelling with Stakeholders’ Voinov and Bousquet, 2010 which demonstrated the importance of, and demand for, stakeholder participation in resource and environmental modelling. This position paper returns to the concepts of that publication and reviews the progress made since 2010. A new development is the wide introduction and acceptance of social media and web applications, which dramatically changes the context and scale of stakeholder interactions
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Mots-clés : Citizen science, Social media, Serious games, Crowdsourcing, Biases, Uncertainty
Researchers and health professionals have long been curious about the potential of electronic games for purposes beyond entertainment. This topic is of particular importance given the rapid growth of the game industry, whose products are enjoyed by over 1.5 billion people worldwide (EEDAR, 2015), many of them on mobile devices. As the number of smartphone users continues to grow, with conservative estimates projecting a rise from 2 billion worldwide at the end of 2015 to 6.1 billion in 2020 (Eri
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Résumé : En prétendant mêler jeu et objectif utilitaire, les serious games tendent à remettre en question les définitions traditionnelles du jeu, activité libre, séparée et improductive. Pour le chercheur, ils peuvent constituer des objets utiles pour interroger la frontière entre ce qui relève du jeu et ce qui s’en écarte. Afin d’éclairer ces questions, nous avons soum
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Mots-clés : serious games, attitude ludique, perception ludique, objet-frontière, ethnométhodologie
Dermatology surgery training is rapidly evolving with an ever increasing focus on resident procedural training. However, surgical training varies greatly between different residency programs. The ACGME requires dermatology training to ensure competency in the surgical treatment of skin disease. It is crucial that residents are provided with ample opportunities to hone their skills and with evaluative methods that are valid, reliable, and objective in order to identify potential resident weakness
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Mots-clés : Dermatology, Training, Simulation, Game
AbstractBusinesses around the world use serious games to make training more compelling and effective. An examination of the historic role of serious games in human resource management and the differences between serious games and other forms of professional development leads to the formation of a system for classifying serious games. Coupled with the experiences revealed in a study of 43 leading French firms that employ serious games to manage various aspects of HR, the typology can help manager
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Mots-clés : Serious Game
Cet article interroge la place du jeu dans l’enseignement des langues et s’intéresse plus précisément aux façons dont la transition entre l’utilisation des jeux dits traditionnels en classe et leur adaptation sur supports multimédia s’est effectuée. Les jeux sont-ils les mêmes ou ont-ils changé ? Le passage au numérique a-t-il permis de préserver les ressorts ludiques spécifiques à ces
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Une sorte de paradoxe est en train de s’affirmer à travers la littérature scientifique dédiée aux domaines ludiques ou en rapport avec le jeu. Le nombre de travaux uniquement consacrés aux jeux numériques occulte petit à petit les travaux dédiés aux jeux traditionnels, alors qu’il existe toujours des liens puissants entre jeux traditionnels et jeux vidéo. Un éclairage réciproque devrait nous inciter &
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Mots-clés : Jeu vidéo, jeu de société, Serious games, jouabilité, Pratiques ludiques, e-sport
La motivation permet d’expliquer la dynamique du comportement humain. Rares sont les phénomènes psychologiques qui lui échappent.L'objectif de cette 2ème édition, à jour des dernières recherches menées sur ce thème, est double. D'une part, il s'agit de présenter un modèle intégratif de la motivation. Ce modèle permet de montrer qu'il est possible de faire des ponts entre les concepts théorique
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Objective: Serious games are becoming popular in various healthcare domains. However, they should be designed to cater toward learners' perspectives, needs, and specifications in order to be used to their full potential in education. This study investigated the gaming experiences, motivations, and preferences of pharmacy students.Materials and Methods: An anonymous self-administered survey obtained participant demographics, gaming experiences (enjoyment level of different game genres,
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The healthcare sector is currently in the verge of a reform and thus, the medical game research provide an interesting area of research. The aim of this study is to explore the critical elements underpinning the emergence of the medical game ecosystem with three sub-objectives: (1) to seek who are the key actors involved in the medical game ecosystem and identify their needs, (2) to scrutinise what types of resources are required in medical game development and what types of relationships are ne
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Mots-clés : Medical games, Health games, Health technology, Service ecosystems approach