Global justice or other people's problems? Computer gaming and critical reflection in an international classroom by Elaine Unterhalter

“…The paper describes and critically analyses doctoral students' responses to a computer game designed to develop insight into contemporary education and global social justice. …”
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Temporally organized representations of reward and risk in the human brain by Vincent Man, Jeffrey Cockburn, Oliver Flouty, Phillip E. Gander, Masahiro Sawada, Christopher K. Kovach, Hiroto Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Oya, Matthew A. Howard III, John P. O’Doherty

“…Here we leverage the spatiotemporal precision of intracranial electroencephalography, along with a simple card game designed to elicit the unfolding computation of a set of reward and risk variables, to uncover this temporal organization. …”
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(Swiss) GraphoLearn: an app-based tool to support beginning readers by Hannah Mehringer, Gorka Fraga-González, Georgette Pleisch, Martina Röthlisberger, Franziska Aepli, Vera Keller, Iliana I. Karipidis, Silvia Brem

“…Abstract We assessed the Swiss-German version of GraphoLearn, a computer game designed to support reading by training grapheme-phoneme correspondences. …”
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Learning to Manage Common Resources: Stakeholders Playing a Serious Game See Increased Interdependence in Groundwater Basin Management by Robert Goodspeed, Christina Babbitt, Ana Lucia Garcia Briones, Emily Pfleiderer, Camilla Lizundia, Colleen M. Seifert

“…Stakeholders (<i>n</i> = 41) involved in the implementation of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act were recruited to play a new serious game designed to illustrate how alternative water management strategies, including pumping restrictions and simple trading schemes, affect supply. …”
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Learning to tutor from expert demonstrators via apprenticeship scheduling by Gombolay, Matthew, Jensen, Reed, Stigile, Jessica, Son, Sung-Hyun, Shah, Julie

“…We have conducted a study investigating the use of automated tutors for educating players in the context of serious gaming (i.e., game designed as a professional training tool). Historically, researchers and practitioners have developed automated tutors through a process of manually codifying domain knowledge and translating that into a human-interpretable format. …”
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An integrated instrument for measuring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: digital educational game acceptance and player experience. by R. Azami, Husna Hafiza, Ibrahim, Roslina, Masrom, Suraya, Che Mohd. Yusoff, Rasimah, Yaacob, Suraya

“…The proposed instrument can be used by educators and game designers in the selection and development of DEGs that satisfy the needs of target users. …”
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Acceptability Evaluation of the Use of Virtual Reality Games in Smoking-Prevention Education for High School Students: Prospective Observational Study by Jong-Long Guo, Hsiao-Pei Hsu, Tzu-Ming Lai, Mei-Ling Lin, Chih-Ming Chung, Chiu-Mieh Huang

“…ObjectiveIn this study, we aimed to conduct an acceptability evaluation of educational virtual reality games designed to support smoking-prevention measures. …”
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Serious Games : Joint International Conference, JCSG 2021, Virtual Event, January 12-13, 2022, Proceedings / by JCSG (Conference) (7th : 2021 : Online), organiser 643248, Fletcher, Bobbie, editor 643250, Ma, Minhua, editor 643251, Göbel, Stefan, 1971-, editor 643252, Baalsrud Hauge, Jannicke, editor 643253, Marsh, Tim, editor 643254

The Feasibility of a Customized, In-Home, Game-Based Stroke Exercise Program Using the Microsoft Kinect Sensor by Rachel Proffitt, Belinda Lange

“…Four participants with chronic stroke completed the intervention based on games designed with the customized Mystic Isle software. …”
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Designing and Developing an Educational-Therapeutic Game for Improving Healthy Lifestyle in Children and Adolescents by Fatemeh Azizi-Soleiman, Motahar Heidari-Beni, Zeinab Hemati, Roya Kelishadi

“…The “Toward Health” is a board game designed by a multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, nutritionists, physical activity experts, pediatricians, pediatric psychologists, graphic artists, and experts in designing board games to help children adopt healthy eating and sleep habits and become physically more active. …”
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Children's experiences of play in digital spaces: A scoping review. by Fiona M Loudoun, Bryan Boyle, Maria Larsson-Lund

“…This scoping review has identified a lack of articles focusing on children's experiences of play in a digital space, and these perspectives are essential for parents, professionals, game designers, and policymakers alike to contribute to an enhanced understanding of the role of play in digital spaces.…”
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Mobile Game Adoption Model: Integrating Technology Acceptance Model and Game Features by Wahyu Rafdinal, Agri Qisthi, Sharnuke Asrilsyak

“…Game developers, game designers and game companies must create game features that create a pleasant experience for players.This study bridges the gap in the literature on mobile game adoption by explaining the relationship between game features and technology adoption. …”
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Design Criteria for Pervasive Games in Historical Sites by Ahmed Hassan Emara, Adham M. Hany Abulnour, Mohammed Moustafa Ayoub

“…This paper aims to provide stakeholders (decision makers, preservation professionals, and game designers) with a guide on how to start the development process of a pervasive game in historical sites for the purpose of promoting the Egyptian architectural heritage to the next generation according to their understanding capacity and expectations. …”
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The Analysis of Early Childhood Habits 0f Playing and Indoors Games at RA Wadas Kelir by Nur Hafidz, Siti Zubaedah, Zainal Arifin Ahmad, Perdana Pashela

“…From the data collected obtained that the analysis of children's habits of play and indoor games design based on the three stages can optimize the growth and development of children both physically and psychologically.…”
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Serious games as research instruments – Do’s and don’ts from a cross-case-analysis in transportation by Maria Freese, Heide Lukosch, Jan Wegener, Alexandra König

“…Design guidelines resulting from our contribution can be helpful for game designers and researchers alike.…”
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Exploring How Role and Background Influence Through Analysis of Spatial Dialogue in Collaborative Problem-Solving Games by Uz Bilgin, Cigdem, Thompson, Meredith M, Anteneh, Melat

“…Cellverse is a collaborative virtual reality (VR) game designed to teach cell biology. Players work in pairs, assuming the role of either a Navigator, with reference material and a global view through a tablet, or an Explorer, with a more detailed interactive view of the cell through a VR headset and hand controllers. …”
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EEG recognition for music generation by Pham, Thien Tan

“…The user experience can be stimulated or changed to align with the game designer's intention by changing the music melody. …”
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A theoretical framework for relationship between graphic appearance and students' experiences by Lilian Lee Shiau Gee, Jasni Dolah

“…This framework provide a basic understanding and suggestions for the graphic style aspects with relevant experience outcomes that contributes for the game designers and educators to construct an educational games that meet the Malaysian students' needs.…”
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Kids Cybersecurity Using Computational Intelligence Techniques / by Yafooz, Wael M. S., editor 652525, Al-Aqrabi, Hussain, editor 652526, Al-Dhaqm, Arafat, editor 652527, Emara, Abdelhamid, editor 652528, SpringerLink (Online service)

“…This book introduces and presents the newest up-to-date methods, approaches and technologies on how to detect child cyberbullying on social media as well as monitor kids E-learning, monitor games designed and social media activities for kids. On a daily basis, children are exposed to harmful content online. …”
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sEMG-controlled forearm bracelet and serious game-based rehabilitation for training manual dexterity in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomised controlled trial by Selena Marcos-Antón, Alberto Jardón-Huete, Edwin Daniel Oña-Simbaña, Aitor Blázquez-Fernández, Lidia Martínez-Rolando, Roberto Cano-de-la-Cuerda

“…The sample was randomised into two groups: an experimental group that received treatment based on UL serious games designed by the research team and controlled by the MYO Armband® gesture capture sensor, along with conventional rehabilitation and a control group that received the same conventional rehabilitation for the UL. …”
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