© Springer International Publishing AG 2016. A serious game needs to combine a number of different aspects to help the end user in reaching the desired effects. This requires incorporating a broad range of different aspects in the design, stemming from a broad range of different fields of expertise. …

This chapter discusses educational aspects and possibilities of serious games. For researchers as well as game designers we describe key learning theories to ground their work in theoretical framework. We draw on recent metareviews to offer an exhaustive inventory of known learning and affective outcomes …

In this chapter, we propose an ethical framework for serious game design, which we term the Ecosystem for Designing Games Ethically (EDGE). EDGE expands on Zagal’s categorization of ethical areas in game design by incorporating the different contexts of design and their use. In addition, we leverage …

Quantified Self – van oud naar nieuw.De Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fysiotherapie in de Geriatrie bestaat dit jaar 40 jaar. En ongeveer 40 jaar geleden kwam de eerste computer voor thuisgebruik op de markt, de Altair 8800. Er is in 40 jaar heel veel gebeurd in geriatriefysiotherapieland en ook op het …

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

Het lectoraat wil onderzoeken of het educatieve spel Schatteneiland bruikbaar is in het speciaal onderwijs. Schatteneiland wordt gespeeld met behulp van de Kinect. Met de Kinect kan een (spel)computer bediend worden door middel van gebaren. Schatteneiland wordt ontwikkeld door Lexima, dit is tijdens …

It will be hard to find a Dutchmen under 50 years old who is not able to understand and speak English. Dutch pupils in secondary education spend about 4 hours a week studying grammar, reading texts, listening to conversations and giving presentations, all in English and that for four to six years. They …

Aging diversity in organizations creates potential challenges, particularly for knowledge management, skills update and skills obsolescence. Intergenerational learning (IGL) involves knowledge building, innovation and knowledge transfer between generations within an organization (Ropes 2011). Serious …

Pressure at play: measuring player approach and avoidance through the keyboard.With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling …

With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling to player action, however, is not without challenges. Many physiological …