Abstract:A critical incident at any institution may include bomb threats, assault, bio-hazardous spills, civil disobedience, electrical outage, fire or explosion, gas leak, natural disasters, infectious diseases, and terrorist threats. Although many employees know of this type of situation, most are not properly trained with respect to how to react when a critical incident occurs, nor do they understand lockdown procedures. Serious games refer to video games that are used for training, advertisi
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This study examines the various market segments of Serious Gaming based on detailed case studies and a systematic presentation of the corresponding technologies, practices and know-how, while emphasising on the key stages of the design, development and dissemination phases. It also provides technology and business prospects for each market segment. Serious Gaming (SG) is at the crossroads of several disciplines: e-learning, computing, engineering,
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Study, Health, Defence, Education, Market, Evolution, Training
Pour Julian Alvarez, docteur en science de la communication et de l’information, « un serious game est une application informatique dont l’objectif est de combiner à la fois des aspects sérieux tels l’enseignement, l’apprentissage, la communication ou encore l’information, avec des ressorts ludiques issus du jeu vidéo. Une telle association a donc pour but de s’écarter du seul divertissement ». Et même s&
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AbstractResearch in game-based learning environments aims to recognise and show emotion. This chapter describes the main approaches and challenges involved in achieving these goals. In addition, we propose an emotional student model that can reason about students’ emotions using observable behaviour and responses to questions. Our model uses Control-Value Theory (Pekrun et al., The control value theory of achievement emotions. An integrative approach to emotions in education. In: Schutz, P
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Mots-clés : Computer Science, Computers and Education
Abstract: The impact games are known to have on commitment is pushing more and more companies to use training programmes that incorporate games, including Learning Role-Play Games. This article presents the methodology (ScenLRPG) and formalism we have defined to support instructional designers in the design of such programmes. The ScenLRPG methodology is based on two main principles: the first one is to make designers integrate the use of game principles into their reflection; the second one is
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Mots-clés : Role-play game, Design support, Learning-scenario design, Formalism, Commitment
Abstract The global economic crisis that is felt is leading to the emergence of a need to increase business competitiveness, by improving the performance of its employees. In this sense, Lean Manufacturing is an area that deserves the attention of employers and their employees, since its main objectives are to increase productivity, reduce waste and optimize available resources. A Lean tool that deserves special attention is the 5S Method, which can improve productivity, by increasing the
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Learning, knowledge, Evaluation
Comment motiver mon enfant ? Que puis-je faire pour l’aider à devenir plus autonome ? Quelles compétences doit-il acquérir pour s’épanouir dans la société du tout-numérique ? En quoi Internet peut-il devenir un allié pédagogique ? La révolution numérique est un formidable atout pour la réussite scolaire. Pourtant, trop souvent encore, Internet est négligé par les adultes –
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Mots-clés : Learning Games, Jeux Sérieux, Serious Game, Education, Ecole, Réussite, Guide
AbstractLes jeux vidéo sérieux offrent aujourd’hui une grande diversité de catégories et d’usages. Ils prétendent changer notre rapport au monde comme au jeu. Pour surmonter les paradoxes provenant de l’opposition entre activité ludique et activité sérieuse, il est préférable d’étudier ces nouveaux produits en termes d’utilité. La méthode de la recherche présenté
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Mots-clés : Jeu vidéo, Serious Game, Utilité
Résumé Cet article propose une réflexion théorique sur les relations entre jeu (vidéo) et éducation. A partir d’une revue de la littérature et sur la base d’une recherche consacrée à l’étude des joueurs de « jeux de rôles en ligne massivement multijoueurs », ce texte met en avant la complexité dans les sciences de l’éducation à penser le jeu comme espace d&rs
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Mots-clés : Education, Serious Game, Jeu, Jeu vidéo, Jeux en ligne, MMORPG
Abstract This paper analyzes the potential of serious games for professional and pedagogical purposes and learning. To do this, the authors have questioned the efficiency of these games. They present an experiment conducted with 66 students trained in sales that compares a group of players with a group of non-players. The game’s impact on skills was studied from two angles: first from a theoretical point of view (based on the marks obtained in tests), and second from a practical poin
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Mots-clés : Serious Games, ICT efficiency, Experiment