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Video games and urban simulation: new tools or new tricks? (Broacasting our studies)
Video games allow complex systems modelling, revealing retroaction loops, replicating self-organization and the emergence of hierarchical organization, functional differentiation and social segregation through multi-level interactions. Recent trends focus on improving modelling tools’ graphic quality and interface attractiveness and on using video games to facilitate urban studies teaching and research. This apparent convergence between simulation and video games is addressed through a sel [...]Keywords : Video games, Modelling, Simulation, Models, Representation, Self-organisation, Emergence, Urban studies
Designing Therapeutic Games for Seniors: Case Study of "Le Village aux Oiseaux" (Broacasting our studies)
In this paper, we describe the method we used to design the therapeutic game called Le Village aux Oiseaux, a first person shooter aiming to stimulate the attention network of seniors suffering from the Alzheimer's disease. One of the main issues we had to deal with was how to adapt games designed for adolescents and young adults, to seniors. A lack of studies and game design guidelines, as well as a lack of data on what seniors enjoy while playing made this design more complicated and, thus, in [...]Keywords : Therapeutic game, Games design, Usability, Evaluation, Methods, Serious Game, Elderly
SIMFOR: un jeu sérieux pour la gestion de crise (Broacasting our studies)
In this paper we present the concept of serious game, with our project SIMFOR a serious game for training in crisis management. We discuss the problems and needs of serious games and a diaporama of existing work. To enhance the learning aspect in serious games, we propose the integration of different modules of an intelligent tutoring system to the serious game. This integration is reflected in the design of an ontology representing the domain module of ITS in the field of risk management. [...]Keywords : Serious games, Intelligent tutoring system, Crisis management, Multi-agent system
A Serious Game for Incidence Response Education and Training (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Serious Games: Issues, offer and market Education - Training - Health Care Information & Communication - Defence (3rd Edition) (Broacasting our studies)
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, virtual world d [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Market, Evolution, Health, Defence, Education, Study, Training
Human or avatar: psychological dimensions on full scope, hybrid, and virtual reality simulators (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Professional training for risky professions involves simulation training. This kind of facilities has appeared very important to give to the workers the initial knowledge, to improve the skills of experienced workers, and to make them face rare situations for which they must be potentially ready to deal with. The past years, a broad range of simulation systems including virtuality have become available on the market, and the professions concerned are wider every year. The possibili [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Simulation, Training
For a typology of video games and serious games (Broacasting our studies)
Julian Alvarez will present the results of a study conducted at Orange Labs between June 2008 and September 2009, with a view to evaluating and analyzing the impact of serious game-type electronic communications on the general public (message perception, emotional reactions...). As the notion of impact cannot be reduced to these simple perimeters, these are the approaches that seem most accessible for starting this research work. Studying the impact of a serious game on individuals, or assessing [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Impact, Assessment
Designing and Evaluating Emotional Student Models for Game-Based Learning (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : Computer Science, Computers and Education
Study of the impact of electronic communications based on Serious game - 2nd approach (Broacasting our studies)
Study of the impact of electronic communications based on Serious game 2nd approach. Realization and diffusion of 3 Serious games This article presents the 2nd approach. This one initially aims to identifya public to play Serious games matching our approach of the object.Then, if we count such a public, the idea is to study it by questioning iton its relation with the object. To lead this study, we work out 3 Seriousgames filling our needs and study their diffusions and catch in hand [...]Keywords : Serious games, Audience, Impact, Diffusion, Multiplayer
Supporting learning role-play games design: a methodology and visual formalism for scenarios description (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : Role-play game, Design support, Learning-scenario design, Formalism, Commitment