Computational thinking leren op je eigen niveau.Presentatie en uitleg voor Surf Innovation Challenge 2016-2017.Experiment: Computational Thinking Leren op je Eigen Niveau Dit jaar hebben kinderen in het basisonderwijs in Noord-Nederland kennis gemaakt met de basisprincipes van programmeren en Computational …

What makes an educational game good? This paper describes three research directions that could provide insight in the underlying principles of effective educational games. These aspects are 1) The importance of distinguishing between types of to-be-learned knowledge, 2) the need to understand the relationship …

The goal: develop a serious game that aims to change behaviour.The setup:multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teamscombined expertise from various broad backgroundsdesign and develop a game for an international environmentThe context:international assignment from international clienttargeted at developing …

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.

In het kader van het Hightech@home-project zijn e-health applicaties ontworpen, waarbij gebruikgemaakt is van de in het Lectoraat ICT-innovaties in de Zorg ontwikkelde eHix-framework. Via gevalstudies werden requirementsanalyses uitgevoerd voor een organisatie die ondersteuning biedt aan mensen met een …

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 …