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Validation of Serious Games [PDF]

International Journal of Serious Games, 2015
The application of games for behavioral change has seen a surge in popularity but evidence on the efficacy of these games is contradictory. Anecdotal findings seem to confirm their motivational value whereas most quantitative findings from randomized controlled trials (RCT) are negative or difficult to interpret.
Katinka van der Kooij, Evert Hoogendoorn, Renske Spijkerman, Valentijn Visch   +3 more
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Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Serious Game for School Fire Preparedness Training

Education sciences, 2022
Immersive virtual reality (VR) is a technology that can be effective for procedural skills training through game-based simulations such as serious games.
Stylianos Mystakidis, Jeries Besharat, George Papantzikos, Athanasios Christopoulos, C. Stylios, Spiros Agorgianitis, Dimitrios I. Tselentis   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

MANTRA: development and localization of a mobile educational health game targeting low literacy players in low and middle income countries

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Mobile technology is increasingly important for delivering public health interventions to remote populations. This research study developed, piloted, and assessed a serious game for mobile devices that teaches geohazard, maternal, and neonatal
Sonja Mueller, Delphine Soriano, Andrei Boscor, Naomi Saville, Abriti Arjyal, Sushil Baral, Maureen Fordham, Gareth Hearn, Virginie Le Masson, Rachya Kayastha, Patty Kostkova   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dengueside Survival: Providing a serious board game to fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito

Journal on Interactive Systems, 2022
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the vector for transmitting diseases that represent a recurring public health problem. Different educational campaigns and activities have been developed for mosquito prevention and control, such as the production of ...
Gabriel Silva de Azevedo, Lucas Silva Lima, Isabel Conceição Barbosa, Victor Travassos Sarinho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immersive virtual-reality computer-assembly serious game to enhance autonomous learning

Virtual Reality, 2021
Immersive virtual reality (VR) environments create a very strong sense of presence and immersion. Nowadays, especially when student isolation and online autonomous learning is required, such sensations can provide higher satisfaction and learning rates ...
David Checa, Ines Miguel-Alonso, A. Bustillo   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Virtual ER, a Serious Game for Interprofessional Education to Enhance Teamwork in Medical and Nursing Undergraduates: Development and Evaluation Study

JMIR Serious Games, 2022
Background Engaging students in interprofessional education for higher order thinking and collaborative problem-solving skills is challenging. This study reports the development of Virtual ER, a serious game played on a virtual platform, and how it can ...
J. Wong, J. Ko, Sujin Nam, T. Kwok, Sheila Lam, Jessica Cheuk, M. Chan, Veronica Lam, G. T. C. Wong, Zoe L. H. Ng, A. Wai   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Game-Based Learning, Gamification in Education and Serious Games [PDF]

, 2022
The aim of this book is to present and discuss new advances in serious games to show how they could enhance the effectiveness and outreach of education, advertising, social awareness, health, policies, etc.

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Serious Game model for dyslexic children

Sukkur IBA Journal of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, 2022
Dyslexia is a hidden neurological disorder in which children suffering with weak phonological awareness and that affects his/her poor academic records. A dyslexic child is quit intellectual and interestingly good in different fields of life but weak in ...
Zeeshan Bhatti, Naila Shabbir
doaj   +1 more source

Personalized Training via Serious Game to Improve Daily Living Skills in Pediatric Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorder

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics, 2022
The majority of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) exhibit difficulties in social communication and behavior, which hinder their learning capability, amid others.
E. Vallefuoco, C. Bravaccio, G. Gison, L. Pecchia, A. Pepino   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

H. Sapiens digitale: dagli immigrati digitali e nativi digitali alla saggezza digitale

Italian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
Questa è la traduzione di un articolo di Marc Prensky, il creatore della famosa metafora che distingue fra nativi e immigrati digitali. Qui, a distanza di circa dieci anni dalla nascita di quella metafora, Prensky sottolinea come la differenza fra nativi
Marc Prensky
doaj   +1 more source