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A formal approach to distinguish Games, Toys, Serious Games & Toys, Serious Re-purposing & Modding and Simulators (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract— While the serious game concept has considerably evolved in the last two decades, it still needs to be clearly differentiated from other types of artifacts. Thus, there is a degree of confusion about the relationship between serious games and other related applications such as simulators or the re-purposing of entertainment games within educational practices for most outside the domain. This article proposes a formal approach toward classifying Games, Toys, Serious Games, Serious [...]

Mots-clés : Formal definition, Health, Health Game, Serious Game, Serious Modding, Serious Re-purposing, Serious Toy, Simulator

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Serious Games for Vocational Training: From Emotional Labor to Knowledge Transfer (Diffusion de nos travaux)

SummaryBased on research on a serious game used for training purposes, this chapter aims to analyze knowledge transfer related to emotional labor between gaming and work situations. After defining emotional labor, it discusses issues related to the use of a serious game as mediation; whether or not it is accepted; and whether it contributes to the possibility of better regulating emotions. The results suggest that knowledge transfer, in and around work situations, is related more to the acceptan [...]

Mots-clés : Emotional Labor, Knowledge transfer, Recruitment schemes, Serious Escape Game, Vocational training, Work situations

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Soupe à l'oignon et management : une instrumentalisation vidéoludique à des fins utilitaires (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Soupe à l’oignon et management :une instrumentalisation vidéoludique à des fins utilitaires Julian ALVAREZEA 2445 – DeVisu, Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-FranceValenciennes, France, julian@ludoscience.com Le 4 juillet 2002 le titre vidéoludique America’s Army (US Army, 2002) est diffusé gratuitement sur Internet. Si America’s Army se présente sous la forme d’un jeu de divertissement, ses visé [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Serious Gaming, Serious Play, Jeu vidéo, Jeu sérieux, Artefact

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THE PERIODIC TABLE FOR VIDEO GAME ANALYZIS (Diffusion de nos travaux)

P0627THE PERIODIC TABLE FOR VIDEO GAME ANALYZISCHEMISTRY AND EDUCATION2. Tools in chemistry educationJ. Alvarez 1.,*Recherche Dept. / Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France - Devisu - Lille (France)*Corresponding author(s).Email: julian.alvarez@espe-lnf.fr (J.Alvarez)Abstract This communication aims to present a formal deconstruction of video games in the form of various elementary elements called "Gameplay Bricks". To understand these elements and stu [...]

Mots-clés : Atomic Approach, Gameplay, Taxinomy, Formalism, Periodic Table

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Blue Bot Project (Diffusion de nos travaux)

BLUE BOT PROJECT Serious digital games are attractive educational tools and resources which are undoubtedly relevant in appropriate contexts and situations (Alvarez et al., 2016). Faced with growing screen consumption by young children and its dangers on the development of several capacities, the exposure of kindergarten children is questionable (Tisseron, 2013). In order to benefit from the potential of serious digital games, without achieving overexposure to the screen, the use of toys su [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Robot

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De jeu de Société à l'Escape Game : le concept de Serious Gaming (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Conférence ayant pour objet de présenter à la fois le concept de Serious Gaming et d'expliquer le projet de recherche qui va démarrer avec le groupe Asmodee. Voir la vidéo de la conférence (2h37') : https://vimeo.com/275210073      

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Serious Gaming, Serious Deverting, Serious Modding, Simulateur, Jeux sérieux, Serious Play, Serious Toy

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Le jeu et ses effets, tentative de définition pluridisciplinaire (Diffusion de nos travaux)

 Vidéo de la table ronde : https://vimeo.com/275210073 (8'40'')      

Mots-clés : Jeu, Définition, Pluridisciplinaire, Serious Game, Jeu vidéo, Histoire, Dispositif, Activité

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Serious Games : quand le numérique démocratise des techniques inventées pour une élite (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Serge Tisseron s'entretient avec Julian Alvarez, professeur associé à l'ESPE de Lille et au laboratoire DeVISU, responsable Recherche au Play Research Lab de la Serre Numérique et concepteur de Serious Games. Comment replacer l'humain au cœur des approches technologiques ? Julian Alvarez le fait en mariant la pédagogie active avec l'apprentissage de l'informatique. Il renoue par là avec toute une tradition de l’enseignement conçu de [...]

Mots-clés : Blue Bot, Robot, Serious Game, Jeu sérieux, Rétrogaming

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Tracking Students? Activities in Serious Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract  A Serious Game (SG) is a virtual process designed for the purpose of real-world problem-solving. In SG analytics studies, learning processes are tracked using diverse techniques to support the personalization of instruction. However, it is a challenge to find potential meanings of each parameter of the tracking logs and define an appropriate indicator for a user’s behavior. Game tracking logs often only provide limited information regardless of a game context. Therefore, res [...]

Mots-clés : Serious games analytics, Visualization, Learning path

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IMPROVING DEMOCRATIC AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS BY MEANS OF DIGITAL NARRATIVE-BASED LEARNING: A RESEARCH AGENDA (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Based on the FEPES project (First European Parliament Elections Simulator), this paper seeks to contribute to the growing field of research and experiments dealing with political sciences digital games. Awareness and democratic participation to the European union are significant and critical social issues. Digital narrative-based learning offers a means of raising citizens’awareness and in engaging them in participating to the democratic life of the European Union. An online survey was con [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, European Parliament, Political sciences digital games, Game

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