scholarly journals Immersive virtual reality serious games for evacuation training and research: A systematic literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 252-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenan Feng ◽  
Vicente A. González ◽  
Robert Amor ◽  
Ruggiero Lovreglio ◽  
Guillermo Cabrera-Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Training And Research

scholarly journals The Use of Immersive Virtual Reality for Vocabulary Acquisition: a Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Gabriel Queiroz Palmeira ◽  
Victor Biagiotti Saint Martin ◽  
Victor Barbosa Gonçalves ◽  
Ígor Andrade Moraes ◽  
Edgard Afonso Lamounier Júnior ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Powerful Learning

Many teachers consider vocabulary acquisition a low intellectual activity. However, substantial time is needed for teachers and learners, in this subject, since there are vast numbers of words to be learned. In this context, it is expected that vocabulary acquisition assisted by Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) can be a powerful learning method. Therefore, this paper aims to summarize the state-of-the-art concerning the use of IVR in vocabulary acquisition through a systematic literature review. Results pointed out that IVR enables autonomous learning with an increase in the speed of the educational process, and its use has shown higher effectiveness, positive attitudes, engagement, and motivation on the part of students.

scholarly journals Serious games as an educational strategy to control childhood obesity: a systematic literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jéssica David Dias ◽  
Aline Natalia Domingues ◽  
Chris Mayara Tibes ◽  
Silvia Helena Zem-Mascarenhas ◽  
Luciana Mara Monti Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trials ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Alternative Means

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify in the literature the efficacy of serious games to improve knowledge for and/or behavioral changes among overweight or obese children. Method: Systematic Literature Review. The Cochrane Systematic Reviews Handbook was used. The studies were collected from the following databases: Public Medline; Web Of Science; Science Direct; Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature; and the Health Game Research and Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. The descriptors were video games and obesity, while the key word was serious games. Inclusion criteria were: studies classified as Randomized Clinical Trials written in English, Spanish or Portuguese and in which children were the subjects of the study. Results: 2,722 studies were identified in the initial search and six studies remained in the final sample. The papers focused on encouraging behavioral changes in players, including physical exercise and improved eating habits. The studies report that serious games are a potential strategy to encourage positive coping with childhood obesity. Conclusion: research in this field is an expanding and promising strategy and serious games represent an alternative means to provide health education to children.

Assessment Integration in Serious Games

Gamification ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 515-540
Author(s):  
Thomas Hainey ◽  
Thomas M. Connolly ◽  
Yaëlle Chaudy ◽  
Elizabeth Boyle ◽  
Richard Beeby ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Summative Assessment ◽  
The State ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
Application Developers

Serious Games (SG) are developing a reputation with some educationalists as a useful supplementary approach for teaching and learning. Two important issues for SG application developers and educationalists are how the learning is assessed and how assessment is integrated into a SG application. This chapter presents the results of a systematic literature review on assessment integration in SG and highlights the state of the literature in this area by outlining important papers to act as a guide for educationalists tackling this important issue. This chapter defines assessment and discusses formative and summative assessment and embedded and external assessment. A discussion of traditional assessment approaches and assessment approaches in SG are presented along with a discussion of existing frameworks for the integration of assessment into a SG application. The chapter presents a number of examples of assessment in serious games.

scholarly journals Web-Based Serious Games and Accessibility: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (21) ◽  
pp. 7859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Salvador-Ullauri ◽  
Patricia Acosta-Vargas ◽  
Sergio Luján-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Current State ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Study Selection

Nowadays, serious games, called training or learning games, have been incorporated into teaching and learning processes. Due to the increase of their use, the need to guarantee their accessibility arises in order to include people with disabilities in the educational environments in an integral way. There are reviews of the literature on video games but not on web-based serious games. Serious games are different from the previous ones because their educational processes allow reinforcing learning. This literature review was conducted using the recommendations for systematic reviews proposed by Kitchenham and Petersen. Three independent reviewers searched the ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and Web of Science databases for the most relevant articles published between 2000 and 2020. Review selection and extraction were made using an interactive team approach. We applied the study selection process’s flowchart adapted from the PRISMA statement to filter in three stages. This systematic literature review provides researchers and practitioners with the current state of web-based serious games and accessibility, considering cognitive, motor, and sensory disabilities.

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