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Quand le numérique s'invite au château : les serious games comme outil de médiation du patrimoine‪ (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Dans cet article, nous examinons comment quatorze lieux de patrimoine ont recours à des serious games comme outil de médiation culturelle. Notre modèle d’analyse en trois temps (données, processus, aboutissement) se penche sur les types de contenus dispensés, sur les caractéristiques des jeux ainsi que sur leurs objectifs cognitifs, affectifs et communicatifs. Références (1) : Alvarez J., Djaouti D. et Rampnoux O. (2011), Ty [...]

Mots-clés : Patrimoine, Médiation culturelle, Education, Serious Game

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Improving Elderly Health Care by Using Serious Games: A Systematic Literature Review (Diffusion de nos travaux)

The reiterating demographical statistics have been consistent in elaborating the growing rate of the aged population in both developing and developed countries. Currently, steady increase in lifespan of certain populations has been observed which further exacerbates this trend. Governments and other stakeholders in health care have embraced solutions from various disciplines in improving the wellbeing of their elderly citizenry. Serious Games (SGs) are games that have been designed to accomplish [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Games, elderly health care, eHealth

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DESENVOLVIMENTO DE JOGO PARA CRIANÇAS DIABÉTICAS (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 is a disease that mainly affects children and adolescents and if not handled carefully can lead to several complications . It is therefore proposed the use of a Serious Game for Health , in order to help these children in the learning process about the disease. Références (1) : ALVAREZ, J. et al. Serious games: Training & teaching-healthcare-defence & security-information & communication. IDATE, France, 2010.   

Mots-clés : Diabetes, Games, Serious Games, Health Games

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OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF A CLASSROOM TEACHING AND LEARNING PRACTICE BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY AND SERIOUS GAMES ON MOBILE PLATFORMS (Diffusion de nos travaux)

This qualitative research is part of a learning effort to better understand how serious games are exploited in a science education context. The research team examined this issue by focusing on augmented reality as a technological innovation imbedded on a tablet. Given the current state of knowledge related to serious games and augmented reality, and given the fact that its use in the context of teaching/learning is not extended, this paper focuses on an initial exploration of how a new teaching [...]

Mots-clés : Mobile learning, Augmented reality (Réalité augmentée), Serious games, Design-based research, Physics

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How geek kids get geek jobs: a cross-generational inquiry into digital play and young adults' careers in IT (Diffusion de nos travaux)

From programming ‗home-brew‘ games, to modifying the content of existing commercial titles, digital gaming can be regarded as a potential gateway into more serious uses of computers; welcoming some while repelling others. The socio-demographic makeup of computer science, games development and related areas of work are of interest to feminist scholars of culture. In light of skills shortages, industry is also interested in increasing women and ethnic minorities‘ participation in [...]

Mots-clés : Games

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WristDroid - A serious game to support and motivate patients throughout their wrist rehabilitation (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract:Wrist injuries are a common and frequent health issue requiring rehabilitation. Occupational and physical therapists create individual exercises for their patients, which include both ambulatory/stationary and home exercises. Practice and literature show, however, that autonomously performed exercises are likely not carried out accurately and may endanger progress of rehabilitation. We propose the design of WristDroid - an Android-based serious game to leverage execution of home exercis [...]

Mots-clés : serious games, injuries, medical computing, patient rehabilitation, patient treatment

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Le Serious Game aujourd'hui : le cas de la santé (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Présentation effectuée dans le cadre de l'école ENTE (Ecole Nationale des Techniciens de l'équipement) sur Aix-en-Provence.L'objectif était de présenter les Serious Games orientés santé, les marchés, les chiffres clés, les approches et les concepts théoriques associés.  Programme : Les 6èmes rencontres de la eformation organisées par l’ENTE d’Aix-en-Provence ont réu [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Health Game, Santé, Serious Gaming, Serious Diverting, Serious Modding, Marché, e-santé

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Panorama des Serious games métiers (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Panorama des Serious Games métiersLe guide " Panorama des Serious Games métiers " est sorti !Le guide " Panorama des serious games métiers " est le premier guide numérique à recenser l’ensemble des serious games métiers actuels, dans des domaines professionnels variés tels que les métiers de la communication et des médias, de l’informatique, de l’économie, du [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Métiers, Guide, Jeunesse, Orientation

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User-Generated Video Gaming: Little Big Planet and Participatory Cultures in Italy (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Digital technology users are growingly involved in what has been described as convergence culture or participatory cultures. In this context, a major role is played by user-generated content. This article focuses on the participatory practices related to Little Big Planet (LBP) 1, a PlayStation platform video game that encourages users to create and share their own gaming levels. Our theoretical framework refers both to convergence culture and to a specific perspective of game studies that focus [...]

Mots-clés : User-generated video gaming, Participatory cultures, PlayStation Network, Little Big Planet

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Study-Town: a Game for Cultural Awareness (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Games are a convenient method of preparing foreign exchange students for the challenges they are going to encounter living in a foreign country. In this paper, we describe the background, concept, and usage of a game called Study-Town created for the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. The game prepares the foreign exchange students coming to Germany for typical German peculiarities. References (1): Djaouti, D., Alvarez, J., Jessel, J.P., Rampnoux,O. (2011): Origins of Serious Games [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Echange étudiants, Allemagne

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