Gamification in Late-Life Depression: A Serious Game for a Serious Problem

Second Life: game, simulator, or serious game?

Ten years after being launched in 2003, it is still a matter of discussion if Second Life (SL) is a virtual world, a computer game, a shopping site or a talker (communication software based on a MUD). This article reports on an exploratory case study conducted to analyze the Second Life (SL) environment and determine into which of training simulators, games, simulation games, or serious games c...

Asthma is a Serious Danger

  میزان مرگ و میر آسم طی دهه گذشته بطور چشمگیری تغییر کرده است. با مبتلا کردن ۱۵ میلیون آمریکایی میزان مرگ و میر در سال ۱۹۷۸، به رقم ۱۸۷۲ نفر و ۹ سال بعد، به بیش از ۴۰۰۰ نفر رسید. علت چنین افزایش چشمگیری روشن نیست. علل احتمالی عبارتند از کاهش ظرفیت تنفس، استفاده بیش از حد از داروهای استثنائی و استنباط غلط بیماران و نیز مراکز درمانی نسبت به شدت بیماری است. بررسی دقیق، معالجات مناسب و آموزش به ب...

A serious parlor game.

Serious Use of a Serious Game for Language Learning

The Tactical Language and Culture Training System (TLCTS) helps learners acquire basic communicative skills in foreign languages and cultures. Learners acquire communication skills through a combination of interactive lessons and serious games. Artificial intelligence plays multiple roles in this learning environment: to process the learner’s speech, to interpret and evaluate learner actions, t...

LawVille: a Collaborative Serious Game

SGs are (digital) games used for purposes other than mere entertainment using leaning-by-doing paradigm. Current internet technologies increase the capabilities of Web-Based Serious Games making them collaborative e-learning instruments. This paper presents LawVille, a Web-Based Collaborative Serious Game aimed at teaching citizenship and the Italian Constitution to secondary school students.