The adoption of tablets by young children has raised enthusiasm and concern among speech and language pathologists. This study investigated whether tablet games can be used as effectively as real play objects in vocabulary intervention for children with developmental language disorder (DLD). A randomized, …

Abstract Educational escape rooms (EERs) are live-action, team-based games used to teach content-related and generic knowledge and skills. Instead of students just playing the EER, we believed that giving them the opportunity to create their own EERs would augment the learning efects of this teaching …

This graduation project was conducted for Thales Nederland B.V., Hengelo. The primary goal of this graduation assignment was to explore and research whether or not gaming devices could be used to increase usability while performing various combat operations within TACTICOS (a Combat Management System …

This research paper is about optimizing open-world museum applications and maximizing their efficiency on low-end devices. The paper is commissioned by a gaming company Tag of Joy, to streamline the onboarding of junior artists by creating a game optimization guide that contains information about the …

“Op een serieuze manier maar ook spelenderwijs samen met bedrijven, politici en burgers mogelijkheden voor duurzame energie verkennen”. Communicatie is heel belangrijk bij het verkrijgen van draagvlak voor de energietransitie. Om draagvlak te genereren is een proces nodig waar stakeholders, geholpen …

Het dorp Buren op Ameland wil als eerste dorp van Ameland en de Wadden CO₂ neutraal te worden. Om te kijken hoe dat kan is Dorpsbelang Buren samen met de gemeente Ameland, de Hanzehogeschool Groningen en GasTerra in 2019 het project Buren geeft Energie gestart. Het project heeft subsidie gekregen van …

The Urban Gaming studio aims to challenge that by not defining the brief priory (no program, no objectives, no site boundaries). Instead it emphasizes that a client or clients should be sought for, that multiple voices or stakeholders are needed and that a strategy is required to incorporate their needs …

Background: Revealing tacit knowledge often is seen as very valuable for organizations, although it is usually challenging to enunciate and share this type of knowledge. Methods: This study uses a participatory design and the application of a board gaming simulation as instruments to extract tacit knowledge. …

This paper examines how a serious game approach could support a participatory planning process by bringing stakeholders together to discuss interventions that assist the development of sustainable urban tourism. A serious policy game was designed and played in six European cities by a total of 73 participants, …