ABSTRACT This thesis addresses the problems of the development of serious games, focusing particularly on bridging the gap between of two separate communities: developers and domain experts, that is, educators. Nowadays, students are used to “consume” a large number of games for different purposes (mainly for leisure), and they are expecting a certain quality level in the games (e.g. media assets, story, effects, etc.) and affecting the attitude of playing the game if it does no
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Mots-clés : Educational video games, Serious games, Game design, Human-Computer interaction, Game engine
ABSTRACT This thesis explores the use of serious games from an instructor perspective. More specifically, it aims to study the roles of instructors and how they can be facilitated within an instructor-led game-based training environment. Research within the field of serious games has mostly focused on the learners’ perspective, but little attention has been paid to what the instructors do and what challenges that entails. In this thesis, I argue that serious games, as artefacts used f
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Abstract Learning about software modeling languages from documentation can be a difficult and confusing process, and many of the currently existing modeling language tutorials are only marginally better. At the same time, players of video games spend hours upon hours learning to play games that require mastering complex strategies and concepts, without losing motivation or interest. This success for motivating learning effort seen in many games, is in turn supporting an emerging trend of ed
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Mots-clés : Learning, Modeling, Games
Abstract The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether it is possible for a teacher (as a non-game developer) to create educational computer games that could be considered fun‟ to play. The influences of game genre and graphical fidelity on this process are also investigated, along with the practicalities and barriers that constrain the (mainstream) use of computer games within the education system.A literature review was conducted into the motivations for using educational games,
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Mots-clés : Educational games, Jeux vidéo
INTRODUCTION « Grâce aux nouvelles technologies, vous avez aujourd'hui des jeux sérieux, qui permettent aux enfants de manière ludique, comme on faisait pour la sécurité routière quand on était petits à l'école, qui apprennent ce que c'est une entreprise, l'économie, le chômage, des concepts économiques de base. Donc on va développer dans les collèges et lycées des apprentissages de
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Jeux Sérieux, Innovation, Sociologie, Nouvelles technologies
Ambient Intelligence technologies can play an important role in enriching the education and learning experience. Such technologies offer students increased access to information within an augmented teaching environment which encourages active learning and collaboration, enhancing their motivation to learn. This paper focuses of transferring painting into the Ami environment through the usage of an augmented digital surface as a painting canvas, and offering interaction through augmented physical
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Mots-clés : Learning, Painting
Cette conférence a pour but de sensibiliser les professionnels de santé au Serious Game et à ses applications possibles dans le domaine de la santé.
Mots-clés : Serious game, Health Game, Histoire, Rétrogaming, Santé
Abstract Emotion recognition is essential in human communication and social interaction. Children with autism have been reported to exhibit deficits in understanding and expressing emotions. Those deficits seem to be rather permanent so intervention tools for improving those impairments are desirable. Educational interventions for teaching emotion recognition should occur as early as possible. It is argued that Serious Games can be very effective in the areas of therapy and education for ch
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Mots-clés : Autism, Facial emotion recognition, Gesture-based interaction, Kinect, Natural user interface
Résumé La microchirurgie de l’oreille moyenne requiert une forte dextérité en raison de la finesse et de l’extrême sensibilité des structures impliquées. L’apprentissage de cette chirurgie est délicat et est effectué en fin d’internat. Ce travail porte sur le développement d’un modèle mécanique en éléments finis des différentes structures qui composent l&rsqu
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Mots-clés : Simulations médicales et chirurgicales, Robotiques, Informatiques, Haptiques, Mini invasives, Pédagogiques, Microchirurgies
Cette communication aborde la question de l’appropriation de l’objet Serious game, par un écosystème, notamment en lien avec l’enseignement. Le point de départ part du constat que le jeu vidéo constitue une base à l’élaboration de nombreux Serious Games. Cela soulève de ce fait un ensemble de résistances, notamment auprès de parents d’élèves et des médias. Le jeu vid
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Mots-clés : Appropriation, Jeu vidéo, Serious Game, Accompagnement, Complexité