Abstract: Language learning is a set of techniques and methods used together to teach fundamentals of a language, including writing, reading, listening and comprehension. Usually begins by teaching letters. The purpose of this research was to initiate a scientific approach using serious games in order to discover a proper way to learn Kurdish language by writing approach. We studied related fields i.e. level of using technology with elementary school students, the method of teaching Kurdish
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Mots-clés : Serious game, Tutor intelligent, Kurdish language, Arami alphabets
Research oriented teaching in universities provides opportunities to support the student's desire to explore. A student's learning success can benefit from gamified project work, especially when students face self-guided learning processes in demanding educational activities. Gamification is defined as the use of game elements in a non-game context. Games offer the chance to improve the motivation of students, support group work, train communication skills and introduce the capacity for experime
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Mots-clés : Gamification, Serious Game, University Education, Learnstrument, Lego
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
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Mots-clés : Serious games, Instructional levels, Epistemology
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
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Mots-clés : Ancient history, Archaeology, Course design, Educational board games, Pedagogy
Abstract In 2013 the Skoll Global Threats Fund asked CNA Corporation to design and develop a game exploring information-sharing, conflict, and cooperation on the Indian subcontinent. The goal of the game was twofold: to understand information-sharing, its impediments and effects on water sharing and decision-making, as well as understand how gaming could be a tool for social change. The game was executed in two instances, one in the Washington, DC area with U.S. subject matter experts, and
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Mots-clés : Cross-cultural, Game
AbstractThis article analyzes Free Rice within the context of “the rise of the ludic sublime,” where video games are hailed as the solution to highly sophisticated political problems. As part of what we call practices of “philitainment,” Free Rice, we argue, functions within the political domain of what Jodi Dean has termed “communicative capitalism” and therefore both captures resistance and actually solidifies global capitalism. Ultimately, th
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Mots-clés : Digital Games, Critical Theory, Governmentality, Philitainment, Development
Carmageddon. Un jeu vidéo que même ceux qui n'y ont jamais joué connaissent par sa réputation, sulfureuse. Et pourtant, il est loin d'être uniquement "l'horrible jeu de course dans lequel il faut écraser des piétons" qui a défrayé la chronique à la fin des années 1990. Carmageddon est avant tout un excellent jeu, porteur de plusieurs innovations techniques et doté d'un gameplay qui secoua profondém
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Mots-clés : histoire, carmageddon, stainless software, violence, scandale, censure, fun
Abstract The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether it is possible for a teacher (as a non-game developer) to create educational computer games that could be considered fun‟ to play. The influences of game genre and graphical fidelity on this process are also investigated, along with the practicalities and barriers that constrain the (mainstream) use of computer games within the education system.A literature review was conducted into the motivations for using educational games,
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Mots-clés : Educational games, Jeux vidéo
Bonne année à tous! Cette année nouvelle s'accompagne de la sortie d'une version améliorée de ma première réalisation dans le cadre de la compétition LudumDare : The One Fork Restaurant. Afin de fêter la sortie de la version finale de ce jeu, en voici un postmortem complet. Comme son titre le laisse supposer ("le restaurant à une seule fourchette"), il s'agit d'un jeu rigolo dans le genre du "time-managem
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Mots-clés : the one fork restaurant, postmortem, ludum dare 28, game design, developpement de jeu
The Europe 2020 strategy acknowledges that a fundamental transformation of education and training is needed to address the new skills and competences that will be required if Europe is to remain competitive, overcome the current economic crisis and grasp new opportunities. Innovating in education and training is a key priority in several flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy, in particular the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs, Youth on the Move, the Digital Agenda, and the Innovation Un
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Mots-clés : Learning, Serious Game, Game