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Analysis of serious games based on pedagogical features and proposal of civil defence training game (Broacasting our studies)
AbstractThis paper focuses on the analysis of serious games. We analysed and evaluated serious games, and particularly their training aspect, based on the classification method of Djaouti et al. (2011b). Further, we evaluated existing training games and based on the results developed a civil defence training game for Korea. The game has been designed to train professional civil defence personnel based on pedagogical features of serious games for training. This research can serve as the groundwor [...]Keywords : Serious games, Pedagogical features, Civil defence training, Training games, Game-based training, Safety education
A Tale of Two Cities: A Multimodal Analysis of the Figurative Expressions about City in Picture Books (Broacasting our studies)
Realizing the significant role that city plays in the development of human civilization, the influence it brings to people’s life in the modern society, as well as its absence in fields other than architecture, urban design, and urban planning, this research aims to study the multimodal metaphorical manifestations of civic imagery in picture books from a cognitive linguistic point of view. Relying on the Visual-Verbal Multimodal Metaphor Identification Procedure (VVMMIP) constructed by us [...]Keywords : Multimodal metaphor, Metonymy, City, Picture books, Visual-Verbal Multimodal Metaphor Identification P, Magic surrealism, Multimodal Metaphorical Scenario Chain Reaction
Serious game framework confronted with specificities of industrial training: application to steel industry (Broacasting our studies)
Serious games are growing more and more in the context of lifelong training and initial education.They cover several areas (human science, engineering science, life science, ...) that are used for industrial oracademic purposes. However, some fields induce specific issues. Thus, in the ind [...]Keywords : Serious Games, Formatting, Virtual Reality, Interaction
UNPACKING DIGITAL GAMEBASED LEARNING The complexities of developing and using educational games (Broacasting our studies)
ABSTRACT Digital game-based learning has traditionally been examined from an ‘artefact-centric’ perspective that focuses on understanding how game design and principles of learning are, or can be, intertwined. These types of examinations have resulted in many descriptions of games’ educational potential, which has subsequently led to many types of arguments for why games should be used more extensively in formal education. However, comparatively little research has been do [...]Keywords : Digital game-based learning, Serious game
Méthodes de conception de Serious Games. Vers un modèle générique ? (Broacasting our studies)
This article deals with Serious Game design methods. More specifically, it focuses on the following question: is there any universal series of “steps” to design a Serious Game? Or is the availability of several different design methods unavoidable? To try to answer this question, we will study a corpus of ten design methods suited to Serious Games. Most of these theoretical tools are coming from or aimed to industry professionals. This literary review will allow us to perform [...]Keywords : serious game, design, method
How Much Life do I Lose from the Plague? Educational Board Games as Teaching Tools in Archaeology and Ancient History Courses (Broacasting our studies)
This article describes the development, implementation, assessment, debriefing and outcomes, and potential uses of a university student-driven educational gaming project, as a major assessment item in an archaeology course entitled ‘Ancient Medicine’. Discussion of these various aspects of the project is explored in the context of educational gaming theory and practice. We demonstrate that educational board games not only represent an effective method for students to retain and conve [...]Keywords : Ancient history, Archaeology, Course design, Educational board games, Pedagogy
OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF A CLASSROOM TEACHING AND LEARNING PRACTICE BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY AND SERIOUS GAMES ON MOBILE PLATFORMS (Broacasting our studies)
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 [...]Keywords : Mobile learning, Augmented reality, Serious games, Design-based research, Physics
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
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