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Serious Games Development and Applications: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications (SGDA 2011) [PDF]
, 2011 The recent re-emergence of serious games as a branch of video games has introduced the concept of games designed for a serious purpose other than pure entertainment.
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Tailored gamification and serious game framework based on fuzzy logic for saving energy in connected thermostats [PDF]
, 2020 Connected thermostats (CTs) often save less energy than predicted because consumers may not know how to use them and may not be engaged in saving energy.
Mata, O +5 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks +1 more
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Fostering Computational Thinking skills in the Last Years of Primary School
International Journal of Serious Games, 2019 The introduction of Computational Thinking (CT) in Italian compulsory schools is on the way, and there is a general need for new methodologies to support teachers’ work.
Laura Freina +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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The International Journal of Technologies in Learning, 2015 Noemi Pena Miguel, Maximo Sedano
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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 ...
Katinka van der Kooij +3 more
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Children learn that material hardness is linked to atoms and bonds by playing a game: a case study
International Journal of Serious GamesRecent findings show that primary school children can understand aspects of the particulate nature of matter after following formal teaching interventions.
Michael Dumin +2 more
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