Serious gaming - real quick

SeriousGAMES

Caroline Stockman Online Publishing, 2010


Games are old

Lucas van Leyden 1508 The chess players


Games are new

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Potentially...

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or is it too much...?

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Still, the potential...!

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Where is it?


Trial-and-errorSkill practiceMultimediaChallengesMotivation

Quick thinkingDecision makingProblem solving

TeamplayCompetitionAuthenticity

Consequences

InteractivitySimulationthe Flow

ConcentrationExploration

IndependenceImmersiveMeaningful

ContextualisedSafe

Low thresholdStrategies

VarietyLevels

AdaptiveRewards

Self-pacedHands-on

ImmediateSignificantEmpirical

GoalsPlanning

etc.









In healthcare

Triage Trainerhttp://www.trusim.com

http://www.trusim.com/


In healthcare

HumanSim-http://www.virtualheroes.com

http://www.virtualheroes.com/


In defence

VBS2http://virtualbattlespace.vbs2.com

http://virtualbattlespace.vbs2.com/


In history

Age of Empireshttp://virtualbattlespace.vbs2.com





In history

Civilizationhttp://www.civilization.com/

http://www.civilization.com/


In history

The Plaguehttp://www.playinghistory.eu

http://www.playinghistory.eu/


In biology

Immune Attackhttp://www.educational-freeware.com

http://www.educational-freeware.com/




In maths

Monkey Labshttp://www.larian.com/monkeylabs.php

http://www.larian.com/monkeylabs.php


In music

Eternal Sonatahttp://eternalsonata.namcobandaigames.com/

http://eternalsonata.namcobandaigames.com/


So why not?


- Moral panic- Just Fun- Digital immigrants- Lack of money- Lack of time









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Education

Serious gaming - real quick