ABSTRACT The focus of this chapter is how video games can be utilized for instructional purposes, specifically in the STEM areas (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Gaming, as an instructional tool, enables educators to create participatory learning activities, assess understanding of complex and ill-formed situations, facilitate critical thinking and problem solving capabilities, and ensure active engagement across the learning continuum for all students. How to use it ef
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Mots-clés : Video games, Learning
Nous venons de mettre en ligne dans la liste de nos publications un chapitre d'ouvrage relatif à la classification des Serious Games. Ce chapitre détaille le fonctionnement du système de classification utilisé sur le site http://serious.gameclassification.com/ pour classifier plus de 2600 Serious Games. Publié l'année dernière dans l'ouvrage Handbook of Research on Improving Learning and Motivation through Educational Games: Multidisciplinary Ap
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Mots-clés : serious games, classification
Many serious games dedicated to the health sector have been identified. Within this wide range, theauthors have explored the Serious games offering an educational dimension and targeting either individualsor health-care professionals. Based on a corpus built around this orientation, the goal is todetermine whether or not it is possible to find a use, targeted or not, involving metaphorical contextsamong different titles. In the corpus studied, no metaphor is used for serious game targeting healt
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Mots-clés : Serious game, Métaphore, Santé, Health game
Nathalie Cansouline, professeur d'économie et gestion en BTS AM, lycée Paul-Doumer, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, formatrice référente sur les jeux sérieux, académie de CréteilL'apprentissage par les jeux est une pratique pédagogique ancienne dans l'enseignement d'économie et gestion. De nombreuses ressources en ligne gratuites sont utilisables pour traiter les notions du programme.Selon le Centre de ressources et d'informations sur le
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Education, Economie, Gestion
« La gamification de l’enseignement produit des premiers résultats, notamment aux États-Unis. Permettant de penser autrement les programmes scolaires, en intégrant - modérément - la culture du jeu vidéo. Mais pas en France. Où les derniers travaux sur la présence du numérique dans les écoles trahissent des lacunes criantes.[1] » C’est ainsi que débute un article intitul&e
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Gamification, Jeu vidéo, Education
Les European Serious Games Awards ont pour but de célébrer les meilleurs jeux vidéo pour l'apprentissage créés en Europe. Nous nous appuyons sur une évaluation scientifique des jeux soumis afin de récompenser non seulement les meilleurs Serious Games, mais également les meilleurs travaux académiques dans le domaine. La cérémonie de remise des Awards aura lieu durant la conférence VS-Games 2012 qui se tiendra &ag
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Mots-clés : serious game, europe, compétition
Abstract Serious games and its related fields have lately received a lot of interest due to their potential for training and education. Serious games can be defined as (digital) games that are used for reasons other than entertainment. Gamification can be related to serious games and can be defined as the process of game-thinking and game mechanics to engage users and solve problems. The initiator of this project was ABB. ABB delivers a process control system used to control the processes o
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Mots-clés : Gamification, Serious games, Process control system, Oil and gas separation, Simulator
SESSION III – Transmission de connaissances et de compétences : Bien gérer sa maladie chronique avec les jeux sérieux ou « serious games ». 11h30-12h30 Introduction : l’irruption des jeux serieux dans le monde de la santé. En quoi peuvent-ils contribuer à une meilleure éducation des patients ? Comment les utiliser, les évaluer ? Julian ALVAREZ, Docteur en sciences de l’information et de la communication Ludoscience
Today meaning of games is much more serious than just considering them as an entertainment and free-time activity. Games have begun to be used in many different areas such as education, healthcare, military, corporate management and public policy for different purposes. Several benefits of serious games have been reported in the literature. Studies also show that with a combination of entertainment and education (edutainment) several benefits could be achieved in the rehabilitation process of th
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Health Game, Health
AbstractThis work lies in the educational opportunities of a learning tool: the serious game. The serious game was investigated using an American example: Virtual University.We first highlight the main features of this media, namely that it can be used as: a teaching tool, a means of entertainment, and as a technology of information and communication. It aims for multiple learning objectives, it finds application in many areas and it targets all age groups. Then, we show that learning through th
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Mots-clés : Serious Game, Constructivist psychocognitive theories, Intrinsic motivation, Socio-cognitive conflicts, Situated learning