Educational game design: integrating learning and playing. Presentation about educational game design models and approaches at the Dagstuhl Seminar on Serious Games.

Educatieve games: leermiddel of lapmiddel? In sommige wetenschappelijke studies worden succesvolle resultaten gerapporteerd over het effect van educatieve games. Andere studies geven, in vergelijking met traditionelere methoden, geen of zelfs een negatief resultaat.

The role of “mechanics” in the serious game design process. Presentation held during the Sino-Dutch conference, March 2015. In the last few years, there have been many developments in the design and application of serious games, particularly in the field of ‘games for health’. This is possible due …

For over thirty years, there has been a discussion about the effectiveness of educational games in comparison to traditional learning materials. To help further this discussion, we aim to understand ‘how educational games work’ by formalising (and visualising) the educational and motivational aspects …

Presentation USE Conference 2015.

Exergames, as one might infer from the name, are a combination of exercise and games. As such, they stimulate players to perform certain behaviours by providing them with engaging game mechanics (Whitehead, Johnston, Nixon, & Welch, 2010). While they can be used during physiotherapeutic rehabilitation …

In September 2010, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) started a 20-week international program titled GameOn! The object of this program is for students to develop serious games, that aim to help the youth become aware of social and/or health related issues. Since the …

Games zijn bedoeld voor vermaak, maar we kunnen ze ook opvatten als een vorm van cultuur. Ze vertellen iets over de samenleving waarin ze zijn gemaakt: al dan niet met opzet komen er via de verbeelding van de makers opvattingen over de samenleving in games terecht. Games zetten op hun beurt aan tot verbeelding, …

Designing games for health.A presentation for the yearly conference of movement sciences focusing on the design of games for health purposes.

Presentatie in de 3D-carrousel over proefschrift Spel tussen amusement en kunst - de verbeelding van cultuur in games, en de relatie met (de activiteiten van) het lectoraat User Centered Design van het Instituut voor Communicatie, Media & IT.