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Using UML to Model Educational Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)
Abstract:There has been a constant increase in the number of serious games. In recent years, they have become extremely important within the scientific community and their repercussions on industry have been reflected in exponential growth in terms of their economic impact. The term serious game covers an extremely wide range of video games all with very different purposes and with many different areas of application. One of the most prolific areas is the field of education and many research pap [...]Mots-clés : Games, Unified modeling language, Proposals, Education, Avatars, Software, Adaptation models
Using UML to Model Educational Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)
Abstract:There has been a constant increase in the number of serious games. In recent years, they have become extremely important within the scientific community and their repercussions on industry have been reflected in exponential growth in terms of their economic impact. The term serious game covers an extremely wide range of video games all with very different purposes and with many different areas of application. One of the most prolific areas is the field of education and many research pap [...]Mots-clés : Games, Unified modeling language, Proposals, Education, Avatars, Software, Adaptation models
IMPROVING SERIOUS GAME DESIGN THROUGH A DESCRIPTIVE CLASSIFICATION: A COMPARATION OF METHODOLOGIES (Diffusion de nos travaux)
ABSTRACT Serious game provides an instructional tool to make the learning process more enjoyable, easier to memorize and effective. It combines pedagogy goals and game play to increase the participant interest and engagement compared to traditional methods. In this paper, we compare several methodologies of game design relative to our classification proposal; it can assist the analysis and evaluation of serious game design, we illustrate how this classification helps several actors of desig [...]Mots-clés : Serious Game, Learning, Game design, Comparative Study
Vintage Game Shop (Jeu vidéo)
Vintage Game Shop est un jeu documentaire sur l’histoire du jeu vidéo.Tous les jours, des clients viennent dans votre boutique pour vous vendre leurs jeux vidéo et consoles rétro. Votre but est de les acheter le moins cher possible, afin de pouvoir gagner de l’argent en les revendant plus cher à un autre de vos clients ! Vos bénéfices vous permettront d’acquérir des jeux plus rares, et donc plus chers, vous aidant ainsi [...]Mots-clés : histoire, jeu vidéo, serious game, retro gaming, collection
A Brief History of Serious Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)
AbstractSerious Games are now an established field of study. In this field most would attribute the rise of Serious Games to Clark C Abt’s creation of the term in 1970, or indeed Ben Sawyer’s popularization of it in 2002. However, considering the rich history of purposing non-digital games, itself preceded by discussions of purposing play that are traceable to the work of Plato, it can be said that Serious Games is a contemporary manifestation of centuries old theories and practices. [...]Mots-clés : Serious games, Play, Simulation-based learning, Game-based learning, Games for social change, Games for health, Playful learning
The Experimental Method as an Evaluation Tool in Serious Games Research and Development (Diffusion de nos travaux)
AbstractThis chapter aims to provide the reader with basic knowledge about the experiment as a general method that can be applied towards serious games research and evaluation. It explains the main terms and rules of the experimental design, as well as points out the main risks and difficulties to avoid. The chapter also explains the differences in possible conclusions between true experiments, quasi-experiments, and correlational studies. References (1): Djaouti, D., Alvarez, J., Jess [...]Mots-clés : Experiment, Experimental design, Variables, Validity, Biases, Samples, Quasi-experiment, Correlational study
Le serious game : applications thérapeutiques en psychiatrie (Diffusion de nos travaux)
R é s u m é Les serious games (SG) sont des applications informatiques visant à combiner des aspects utilitaires avec des ressorts ludiques issus du jeu vidéo. Le développement récent des technologies du numérique dans le domaine de la santé mentale permet d’envisager à ces nouveaux supports, une application dans la prise en charge des pathologies psychiatriques. Nous avons réalisé en mai 2014 une recherche [...]Mots-clés : Psychiatrie, Jeu vidéo, Psychothérapie, Serious game, Pathologie psychiatrique
Digital Educational Games: Methodologies for Development and Software Quality (Diffusion de nos travaux)
Development of a game in the form of software for game-based learning poses significant technical challenges for educators, researchers, game designers, and software engineers. The game development consists of a set of complex processes requiring multi-faceted knowledge in multiple disciplines such as digital graphic design, education, gaming, instructional design, modeling and simulation, psychology, software engineering, visual arts, and the learning subject area. Planning and managing such a [...]Mots-clés : Digital game development, Educational game development, Game development life cycle, Game development methodology, Game development processes, Game development workflows, Game software quality evaluation, Game-based learning
Serious Game to Enhance and Promote Youth Entrepreneurship (Diffusion de nos travaux)
AbstractEntrepreneurship constitutes a key driver providing jobs and wealth creation. Besides, promoting entrepreneurship can play significant role to ensure the prosperity of a society. In this respect our article aims to foster entrepreneurship education, through focusing on the effectiveness of serious games as educational tools, whose goal supporting young people to actively being entrepreneurs. In this paper, we unveil the entrepreneurial context notably at the national level, where we high [...]Mots-clés : Entrepreneurial learning, Learning process, Serious games, Entrepreneurship education
Designing an Agile Game for Technical Communication Classrooms (Diffusion de nos travaux)
This technical paper details the development of a board game designed to help technical communication students understand scrum-based agile project management, as well as assist practitioners in introducing scrum management to a team unfamiliar with the process. I ground the development and design of the game with a literature review of scholarship on agile project management, games in education and business, and collaboration. I present my methodology in the form of a game design document (GDD) [...]Mots-clés : Board game, Design, Scrum, Education, Méthodologie, Game Design