scholarly journals Diagnostic Markers of User Experience, Play, and Learning for Digital Serious Games: A Conceptual Framework Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Wen Tan ◽  
Nabil Zary
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Test Validity ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Future Research ◽  
E Learning

BACKGROUND Serious games for medical education have seen a resurgence in recent years, partly due to the growth of the video game industry and the ability of such games to support learning achievements. However, there is little consensus on what the serious and game components in a serious game are composed of. As a result, electronic learning (e-learning) and medical simulation modules are sometimes mislabeled as serious games. We hypothesize that one of the main reasons is the difficulty for a medical educator to systematically and accurately evaluate key aspects of serious games. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify markers that can evaluate serious games and distinguish between serious games, entertainment games, and e-learning. METHODS Jabareen’s eight-phase framework-building procedure was used to identify the core markers of a serious game. The procedure was modified slightly to elicit “diagnostic criteria” as opposed to its original purpose of a conceptual framework. Following the identification of purported markers, the newly developed markers were tested on a series of freely available health care serious games—Dr. Game Surgeon Trouble, Staying Alive, and Touch Surgery—and the results were compared to the published test validity for each game. RESULTS Diagnostic criteria for serious games were created, comprising the clusters of User Experience (UX), Play, and Learning. Each cluster was formed from six base markers, a minimum of four of which were required for a cluster to be considered present. These criteria were tested on the three games, and Dr. Game Surgeon Trouble and Staying Alive fit the criteria to be considered a serious game. Touch Surgery did not meet the criteria, but fit the definition of an e-learning module. CONCLUSIONS The diagnostic criteria appear to accurately distinguish between serious games and mediums commonly misidentified as serious games, such as e-learning modules. However, the diagnostic criteria do not determine if a serious game will be efficacious; they only determine if it is a serious game. Future research should include a much larger sample of games designed specifically for health care purposes.

Brave new World of Warcraft: a conceptual framework for active escapism

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 498-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kuo ◽  
Richard J. Lutz ◽  
Jacob L. Hiler
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Naturalistic Inquiry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Experiential Consumption ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the phenomenon of active escapism – a unique form of experiential consumption that engages fantasy and role-play as a means of coping. In contrast with passive forms of escapism, whereby consumers act as observers (e.g. watching a movie), active escapism provides consumers with the opportunity to directly interact with mediated realities, whether constructed in a virtual space (e.g. a video game) or the real world. Design/methodology/approach Within the context of video game consumption, a conceptual framework for active escapism comprised antecedents, processes and consequences is established through literature review, depth interviews and naturalistic inquiry. Findings The findings suggest that active escapism functions as a coping mechanism when consumers are confronted with external stressors that threaten either their sense of identity or control. While other forms of emotion-focused coping relieve stress through psychological avoidance (i.e. refocusing of attention away from stressors), active escapism provides the benefits of affirmation and empowerment through projective fantasy (i.e. role-play) and presence (i.e. immersion into a mediated reality). Originality/value The conceptual framework established by this analysis gives insight into the structure of active escapism as a theoretical construct, providing a foundation for future research. Managerial implications for consumer escapism (e.g. branded in-game content) are discussed.

scholarly journals Game Experience and Learning Effects of a Scoring-Based Mechanic for Logistical Aspects of Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Development and Feasibility Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cevin Zhang ◽  
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge ◽  
Karin Pukk Härenstam ◽  
Sebastiaan Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Learning Engagement ◽  
Game Mechanics ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Negative Feelings

BACKGROUND Using serious games for learning in operations management is well established. However, especially for logistics skills in health care operations, there is little work on the design of game mechanics for learning engagement and the achievement of the desired learning goals. OBJECTIVE This contribution presents a serious game design representing patient flow characteristics, systemic resource configurations, and the roles of the players based on a real Swedish emergency ward. The game was tested in a set of game-based learning practices in the modalities of a physical board game and an online multiplayer serious game that implemented the same game structure. METHODS First, survey scores were collected using the Game Experience Questionnaire Core and Social Presence Modules to evaluate the experience and acceptance of the proposed design to gamify real processes in emergency care. Second, lag sequential analysis was applied to analyze the impact of the game mechanics on learning behavior transitions. Lastly, regression analysis was used to understand whether learning engagement attributes could potentially serve as significant predicting variables for logistical performance in a simulated learning environment. RESULTS A total of 36 students from courses in engineering and management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology participated in both game-based learning practices during the autumn and spring semesters of 2019 and 2020. For the Core Module, significant differences were found for the scores for negative affect and tension compared with the rest of the module. For the Social Presence Module, significant differences were found in the scores for the psychological involvement – negative feelings dimension compared with the rest of the module. During the process of content generation, the participant had access to circulating management resources and could edit profiles. The standard regression analysis output yielded a ΔR<sup>2</sup> of 0.796 (F1<sub>4,31</sub>=2725.49, <i>P</i>&lt;.001) for the board version and 0.702 (F2<sub>4,31</sub>=2635.31, <i>P</i>&lt;.001) for the multiplayer online version after the learning engagement attributes. CONCLUSIONS The high scores of positive affect and immersion compared to the low scores of negative feelings demonstrated the motivating and cognitive involvement impact of the game. The proposed game mechanics have visible effects on significant correlation parameters between the majority of scoring features and changes in learning engagement attributes. Therefore, we conclude that for enhancing learning in logistical aspects of health care, serious games that are steered by well-designed scoring mechanisms can be used.

scholarly journals Investigating Serious Games That Incorporate Medication Use for Patients: Systematic Literature Review

10.2196/16096 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. e16096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olufunmilola Abraham ◽  
Sarah LeMay ◽  
Sarah Bittner ◽  
Tanvee Thakur ◽  
Haley Stafford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks

Background The United States spends more than US $100 billion annually on the impact of medication misuse. Serious games are effective and innovative digital tools for educating patients about positive health behaviors. There are limited systematic reviews that examine the prevalence of serious games that incorporate medication use. Objective This systematic review aimed to identify (1) serious games intended to educate patients about medication adherence, education, and safety; (2) types of theoretical frameworks used to develop serious games for medication use; and (3) sampling frames for evaluating serious games on medication use. Methods PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were searched for literature about medication-based serious games for patients. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed for article selection. Results Using PRISMA guidelines, 953 publications and 749 unique titles were identified from PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science. A total of 16 studies featuring 12 unique serious games were included with components of medication adherence, education, and safety, published from 2003 to 2019. Of the 12 games included, eight serious games were tested in adolescents, three games were tested in young adults, and one game was tested in adults. Most studies (n=11) used small sample sizes to test the usability of serious games. Theoretical frameworks identified in the 12 serious games included information, motivation, and behavior theory; social cognitive theory; precede-proceed model; middle-range theory of chronic illness; adult learning theory; experiential learning theory; and the theory of reasoned action. Existing reviews explore serious games focused on the management of specific disease states, such as HIV, diabetes, and asthma, and on the positive impact of serious game education in each respective disease state. Although other reviews target broad topics such as health care gamification and serious games to educate health care workers, no reviews focus solely on medication use. Serious games were mainly focused on improving adherence, whereas medication safety was not widely explored. Little is known about the efficacy and usability of medication-focused serious games often because of small and nonrepresentative sample sizes, which limit the generalizability of existing studies. Conclusions Limited studies exist on serious games for health that incorporate medication use. The findings from these studies focus on developing and testing serious games that teach patients about medication use and safety. Many of these studies do not apply a theoretical framework in the design and assessment of these games. In the future, serious game effectiveness could be improved by increasing study sample size and diversity of study participants, so that the results are generalizable to broader populations. Serious games should describe the extent of theoretical framework incorporated into game design and evaluate success by testing the player’s retention of learning objectives.

Utilizando la realidad aumentada y los juegos serios para la apropiación del patrimonio, un caso en la Ciudad de Popayán.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-17
Author(s):  
M.I. Vidal Caicedo ◽  
M.C. Camacho Ojeda ◽  
P.D. Burbano Ceron ◽  
H.F. Muñoz Muñoz ◽  
V.H. Agredo Echavarria
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Serious Gaming ◽  
Historical Sites

Los juegos serios y la realidad aumentada se han combinado para lograr potencializar el interés que despiertan en sus jugadores y poder alcanzar su objetivo educativo, publicitario o de difusión, en los últimos años se han desarrollado juegos serios que haciendo uso de la realidad aumentada enriquecen la experiencia de los jugadores al visitar un museo o sitios históricos, despertando el interés por la cultura y el patrimonio, brindando la oportunidad de que el jugador sean parte de la historia. En ese artículo se presentan inicialmente algunos juegos serios que han empleado la realidad aumentada para incrementar la experiencia del usuario, y luego se expone la experiencia de desarrollo de un juego serio que usa la realidad aumentada como un medio para propender la apropiación del patrimonio. The Serious gaming and the augmented reality have combined to achieve wake the interest in their players and reach its educational, advertising or dissemination goals. In recent years have developed serious gaming that making used of augmented reality for enrich the experience of players when visiting a museum or historical sites, increasing interest in culture and heritage by allowing that player be part of the story. In this article we present initially some serious games that have used augmented reality to increase the user experience, and then expose the experience of developing a serious game that uses augmented reality as a means to promote the appropriation of heritage.  

Healthcare Games and the Metaphoric Approach

2012 ◽  
pp. 24-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Lelardeux ◽  
Julian Alvarez ◽  
Thierry Montaut ◽  
Michel Galaup ◽  
Pierre Lagarrigue
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Wide Range

Many serious games dedicated to the health sector have been identified. Within this wide range, the authors have explored the Serious games offering an educational dimension and targeting either individuals or health-care professionals. Based on a corpus built around this orientation, the goal is to determine whether or not it is possible to find a use, targeted or not, involving metaphorical contexts among different titles. In the corpus studied, no metaphor is used for serious game targeting health-care professionals contrary to serious games targeting individuals. For this target, the game universe is mainly metaphorical. A discussion in the light of didactic and motivational arguments suggests that a metaphorical universe could be beneficial in the case where more transversal skills are targeted.

scholarly journals Towards a Serious Game to Help Students Learn Computer Programming

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Muratet ◽  
Patrice Torguet ◽  
Jean-Pierre Jessel ◽  
Fabienne Viallet
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Computer Programming ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Government Health ◽  
Defence Industry ◽  
Programming Skills

Video games are part of our culture like TV, movies, and books. We believe that this kind of software can be used to increase students' interest in computer science. Video games with other goals than entertainment, serious games, are present, today, in several fields such as education, government, health, defence, industry, civil security, and science. This paper presents a study around a serious game dedicated to strengthening programming skills. Real-Time Strategy, which is a popular game genre, seems to be the most suitable kind of game to support such a serious game. From programming teaching features to video game characteristics, we define a teaching organisation to experiment if a serious game can be adapted to learn programming.

scholarly journals An Approach to Accessible Serious Games for People with Dyslexia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2507
Author(s):  
Angel Jaramillo-Alcázar ◽  
Eduardo Venegas ◽  
Santiago Criollo-C ◽  
Sergio Luján-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Cognitive Disorder ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Development Method ◽  
Accessibility Guidelines ◽  
The One ◽  
Game Developers

Dyslexia is a cognitive disorder that affects the evolutionary ability to read, write, and speak in people, affecting the correct learning of a large percentage of the population worldwide. In fact, incorrect learning is caused because the educational system does not take into consideration the accessibility parameters that people with dyslexia need to maintain a sustainable educational level equal to others. Moreover, the use of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, has been deployed in education programs, offering many benefits; however, the lack of accessibility of those devices creates new barriers to students with dyslexia that hinder their education. With the aim of reducing these barriers, this paper presents an approach to the development of accessible serious games games for children with dyslexia. As a case study, a serious game based on a previously proposed serious game development method and a new set of accessibility guidelines for people with dyslexia is presented. The main purpose of the serious video game is to improve the treatment of dyslexia, through the collection of data obtained from two puzzles designed to train certain cognitive areas that affect this disability. This article has a double contribution: on the one hand, the guidelines and the method that can help video game developers and therapists to develop accessible serious games for people with dyslexia and, on the other hand, the two specific serious games that can be used by therapists, family members and people with dyslexia themselves.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Serious Game User Experience: the Role of Emotions

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Cohard
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Multimedia System ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Correlational Research

Serious games are slowly becoming a part of educational systems and corporate training facilities in lots of fields such as industry, health, management, etc. Despite this, the academic knowledge on these artefacts is still limited. The research reported in this paper examined emotional implications of serious games on the user experience. This correlational research observed the relationships between factors of serious gaming and emotions. Fifty students took part in the study. The participants used a serious game on the security of an Information System and answered a structured questionnaire. The data was analysed by Spearman’s correlation. The results show that the quality components of the multimedia system and the quality of the content of the game are correlated with emotions, satisfaction and intention to use. Moreover, they show that emotions are correlated with satisfaction, learning and success of the serious game. Satisfaction and learning play a key role in these programs. If serious game training is to have some efficiency, a deeper understanding of the factors that lead to the success of these applications is required. These factors are all levers of control that affect the perception and emotions of the user. Understanding these mechanisms could eventually lead to more effective serious games.

scholarly journals Game Experience and Learning Effects of a Scoring-Based Mechanic for Logistical Aspects of Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Development and Feasibility Study

10.2196/21988 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e21988
Author(s):  
Cevin Zhang ◽  
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge ◽  
Karin Pukk Härenstam ◽  
Sebastiaan Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Learning Engagement ◽  
Game Mechanics ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Negative Feelings

Background Using serious games for learning in operations management is well established. However, especially for logistics skills in health care operations, there is little work on the design of game mechanics for learning engagement and the achievement of the desired learning goals. Objective This contribution presents a serious game design representing patient flow characteristics, systemic resource configurations, and the roles of the players based on a real Swedish emergency ward. The game was tested in a set of game-based learning practices in the modalities of a physical board game and an online multiplayer serious game that implemented the same game structure. Methods First, survey scores were collected using the Game Experience Questionnaire Core and Social Presence Modules to evaluate the experience and acceptance of the proposed design to gamify real processes in emergency care. Second, lag sequential analysis was applied to analyze the impact of the game mechanics on learning behavior transitions. Lastly, regression analysis was used to understand whether learning engagement attributes could potentially serve as significant predicting variables for logistical performance in a simulated learning environment. Results A total of 36 students from courses in engineering and management at KTH Royal Institute of Technology participated in both game-based learning practices during the autumn and spring semesters of 2019 and 2020. For the Core Module, significant differences were found for the scores for negative affect and tension compared with the rest of the module. For the Social Presence Module, significant differences were found in the scores for the psychological involvement – negative feelings dimension compared with the rest of the module. During the process of content generation, the participant had access to circulating management resources and could edit profiles. The standard regression analysis output yielded a ΔR2 of 0.796 (F14,31=2725.49, P<.001) for the board version and 0.702 (F24,31=2635.31, P<.001) for the multiplayer online version after the learning engagement attributes. Conclusions The high scores of positive affect and immersion compared to the low scores of negative feelings demonstrated the motivating and cognitive involvement impact of the game. The proposed game mechanics have visible effects on significant correlation parameters between the majority of scoring features and changes in learning engagement attributes. Therefore, we conclude that for enhancing learning in logistical aspects of health care, serious games that are steered by well-designed scoring mechanisms can be used.

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