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
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Mots-clés : WellBeing Theory, Game Design, InterProfessional Collaboration, Psycholog
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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Abstract:Gamification is a new form of approach that is being looked into in the world of education. With its game elements that relates to the needs of the current generation of users whose life is entangled in the world of technology. Yet the use of technology is not a one size fits all deal; thus it is important to identify how certain gamification elements influences students. This is vital point that needs to be understood before endeavouring further into the infusion of gamification in edu
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Mots-clés : secondary school, student achievement, gamification element, science learning
Resumen de la tesis Los juegos digitales tienen la capacidad de introducir al sujeto, de fuera hacia dentro, en un espacio de significación consensuado por los jugadores. Sin embargo, también tienen un gran potencial para hacer emerger el contenido del juego a la vida del sujeto, de dentro hacia fuera. Igualmente, el arte crea un espacio de significación consensuado que, además de permitir la inmersión, admite la emersión del contenido del arte a la
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Mots-clés : Art, Jeux vidéo, Immersion, serious game, Gamification
Il existe désormais de nombreuses catégories d’applications correspondant à des cas d’inspirations, d’emplois ou de détournements du jeu pour atteindre des fins non ludiques. Certaines sont maintenant très connues comme la conception et l’usage de serious games. Nous souhaitons aborder dans cet article un cas moins connu d’emploi du jeu à des fins sérieuses, mais dont le potentiel nous semble très importan
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Design, Data, Visualisation des Données, Gamification
Résumé : The article is dedicated to trending topic on gamifi cation of education. Nowadays video games and game technologies are important parts of modern educational technologies. The aim of the study is to develop mechanism for determining the possibility of using video game mechanics in gamifi cation. The authors described the classifi cation of video games and game mechanics based on literature review of English and Russian authors. The new evaluation method based on the
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Mots-clés : Gamification, Education, Genre jeu vidéo, Classification, Mécanique de jeux, Gameplay, Méthode d'évaluation, Etat de Flow
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the article is to present the phenomenon of gamification and to analyse the benefits connected with the introduction of the education methods and tools based on gamification systems. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The article provides examples of universities in which gamification courses (based on gamification systems) were introduced as part of their teaching programmes. Next, it identifies and analyses benefits resulting from the implementation of this
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Mots-clés : Education, Game, Gamification, Initiative
Introduction au numéro spécial « Évaluation dans les jeux sérieux » Editorial Pierre-André CARON (Université Lille 1, CIREL), Sébastien GEORGE (Université du Maine, LIUM), Julian ALVAREZ (Université Lille 1, CIREL) 1. Introduction et contexte du numéro spécialDepuis 2002, les jeux sérieux suscitent un engouement croissant par les
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Jeux Sérieux, Evaluation
===================Résumé de l'intervention =================== Présentation du modèle CEPAJe devant un public entreprises, consultants et chercheurs. Le modèle CEPAJe vise à évaluer une activité prenant le jeu comme médiation pour former, communiquer ou collecter des données.L'échange avec le public avait pour but d'éprouver le modèle et de recueillir des suggestions d'améliorations. 
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Modèle, Evaluation, Activité, Jeu sérieux
Abstract Serious games and gamification are emerging in many areas of society. In addition to an effective way of entertainment, games can be adopted as a persuading tool to guide person to achieve specific goal, citing their ultimate attraction. In this paper, we are interested in the mechanism and application of gamification in the field of academic education. Games feature a potential to promote students to learn in a spontaneous and effective manner, since the challenge and fun in games
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Mots-clés : Academic education, Gamification, Digital circuit course, Serious games