Twinsense360 and Het Roessingh Research and Development have developed a project that aims to help children aged 6 - 12 with DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder) learn how to perform an essential daily task, riding a bike from home to school. This will help them regain their confidence and independence. …

Designing wearable technology to make physical activity an integral and routine part of people’s everyday life is a challenge, requiring expertise from different disciplines. COMMONS, a research prototype, is a serious game designed to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration early in the design process. …

Commonly used game and decision theoretic models fail to explain the empirics of deterrence. This has unjustly led many theorists to criticize the (rationality and other) assumptions underpinning of such models. No serious game theorist will contend that his theoretic model will possibly take account …

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, …

: To have sustainable societies, we need to accelerate the energy transition towards clean energy solutions, however, awareness and understanding of the process is still limited, especially among young people. In addition, the topic has mainly been approached from an engineering angle, ignoring the social …

To aid HR practitioners in their design of firm specific HRM configurations, andcontribute to the state of the art HRM knowledge, we created a simulation model. In this paper we present the simulation model, and the serious game in which it was implemented, but focus on the practical and academical implication …

Abstract: Sedentary behaviour in children, four years of age and older, has increased over the last decades. These children become physically less skilled, which demotivates them for regular sports activities. They become susceptible to health risks such as obesity and have a heightened chance to develop …

A key concept within 21st-century skills is knowing how to acquire new knowledge and skills. Metacognition is the knowledge a person has of their own learning combined with the skills to apply that knowledge to enable more efficient and effective learning. Game-based learning can stimulate motivation …

As Strukton Rail faces absence under employees that work on railroad construction sites, a change must be made. Part of this absence is caused by occupational accidents. With modern-day technology, Strukton Rail would like to explore the possibilities of a virtual reality training simulator to increase …

A large number of organisations and authors from all over the world collaborated for this final document: the Smart City Guidance Package. As an innovative tool to create Smart City's the We-Energy Game was also invited to join the programme on the road to sustainable city's.