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Designing games for learning: An investigation of instructional designers, game designers, and teachers design decisions and epistemological beliefs (Broacasting our studies)
ABSTRACT Fields within education and training have been exploring the use of educational computer-based games, often referred to as serious games (SG), in multiple disciplines of academic research including the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains. Traditionally, game designers tend to represent a different viewpoint about learning than instructional designers, or even teachers. More so, one of the fundamental roles designers play in making decisions is based on multiple factors, w [...]Keywords : Serious games, Instructional levels, Epistemology
How geek kids get geek jobs: a cross-generational inquiry into digital play and young adults' careers in IT (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : Games
User-Generated Video Gaming: Little Big Planet and Participatory Cultures in Italy (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : User-generated video gaming, Participatory cultures, PlayStation Network, Little Big Planet
Study-Town: a Game for Cultural Awareness (Broacasting our studies)
Keywords : Serious game, Exchange students, Germany
Mise en jeu de la production aux usages d?un jeu sérieux. Le cas d'une entreprise du secteur du jeu vidéo (Broacasting our studies)
The differences between game and labor are culturally defined. According to places and cultures, those activities are similarly described as rational layouts of resources to achieve some specific goals, by following rules located into well-structured environments – although more and more complex and less defined. For all that, despite of the proximity of these abstract concepts, the process of gamification promotes a brand new model of engagement into the activity, inviting workers to expl [...]Keywords : gamification, Ludification, Gameplay, Labor, Serious games, Activity, Cooperation
The not serious gaming, an unproductive activity? (Broacasting our studies)
This paper is related to the works of Gilles Brougère and aims to study the rapport between play and serious. “Serious” is related to utilitarian aspects as Etienne Armand Amato proposes to do. More precisely, we try to study the potential of the productivity associated to play activities (serious or not) for the player. At the end, we propose a model. The census is carried out form a counter factual analysis, taking to framework from theoretical approaches including co [...]Keywords : serious game, artefact, activity, productivity, unproductivity
Facilitation matters: A framework for instructor-led serious gaming (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractThis 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 for learning [...]Keywords : Serious games, Serious gaming, Game-based training
About using serious games to teach (Portuguese) sign language (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Sign language is the form of communication used by Deaf people, which, in most cases have been learned since childhood. The problem arises when a non-Deaf tries to contact with a Deaf. For example, when nonDeaf parents try to communicate with their Deaf child. In most cases, this situation tends to happen when the parents did not have time to properly learn sign language. This dissertation proposes the teaching of sign language through the usage of serious games. Currently, similar [...]Keywords : Natural User Interface, Sign Language, Serious Game, Kinect Sensor, Image Processing
Serious Games: A design methodology from concept to end-user (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract —Since 2002, serious games have received much attention from industry, government and the research community. However, the large number of definitions available still present limitations in terms of contexts and games classification. Indeed, these definitions exclude certain types of games and do not cover certain contexts where serious games could be deployed. Therefore this paper introduces a shift in the interpretation of serious games, allowing a more flexible definition [...]Pong et la mondialisation - L'histoire économique des consoles de 1976 à 1980 (Book reference)
This book focuses on a little known and hardly discussed period from the history of video games: the ends of the 70's, and more specifically the 1976-1980 years of the home consoles. The books explains how, after Ralph Baer's pioneer invention of the Magnavox Odyssey, and the success of Pong in arcades, home video games takes over TV sets around the world thanks to... General Instrument. Indeed, the introduction of a new integrated chip, copying Pong and sold for a few dollars only, allowed many [...]Keywords : pong, globalization, economic history, home console, 70's, japan, france, usa