Evaluation of Serious Games: A Holistic Approach

Christina Steiner; Paul Hollins; E. Kluijfhout; Mihai Dascalu; Dietrich Albert; W. Westera; Alexander Nussbaumer

Evaluation of Serious Games: A Holistic Approach

Christina Steiner, Paul Hollins, E. Kluijfhout, Mihai Dascalu, Dietrich Albert, W. Westera, Alexander Nussbaumer

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Abstract

Digital games constitute a major emerging technology that is expected to enter mainstream educational use within a few years. The highly engaging and motivating character of such games bears great potential to support immersive, meaningful, and situated learning experiences. To seize this potential, meaningful quality and impact measurements are indispensible. Although there is a growing body of evidence on the efficacy of games for learning, evaluation is often poorly designed, incomplete, biased, if not entirely absent. Well-designed evaluations demonstrating the educational effect as well as the return on investment of serious games may foster broader adoption by educational institutions and training providers, and support the development of the serious game industry. The European project RAGE introduces a comprehensive and multi-perspective framework for serious game evaluation, which is presented in this paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICERI 2015 Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	8th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation Seville, Spain. 18-20 November, 2015.
Editors	L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, I. Candel Torres
Publisher	IATED Academy
Pages	4334-4342
ISBN (Print)	978-84-608-2657-6
Publication status	Published - 4 Oct 2015
Event	ICERI2015: 8th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation - Seville, Spain Duration: 16 Nov 2015 → 18 Nov 2015 https://iated.org/iceri2015_website/mailingJUN2.html

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Series	ICERI Proceedings

Conference

Conference	ICERI2015
Abbreviated title	ICERI2015
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Seville
Period	16/11/15 → 18/11/15
Internet address	https://iated.org/iceri2015_website/mailingJUN2.html

Keywords

serious games
evaluation
empirical evidence
game development
learning effectiveness

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Rage: Realising an Applied Gaming Eco-system
Westera, W. (PI), Georgiadis, K. (CoI), Saveski, G. (CoI), van Lankveld, G. (CoI), Bahreini, K. (CoI), van der Vegt, W. (CoI), Berkhout, J. (CoI), Nyamsuren, E. (CoI), Kluijfhout, E. (CoI) & Nadolski, R. (CoI)
European Union
1/02/15 → 31/07/19
Project: Research

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Steiner, C., Hollins, P., Kluijfhout, E., Dascalu, M., Albert, D., Westera, W., & Nussbaumer, A. (2015). Evaluation of Serious Games: A Holistic Approach. In L. Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, & I. Candel Torres (Eds.), ICERI 2015 Proceedings: 8th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation Seville, Spain. 18-20 November, 2015. (pp. 4334-4342). IATED Academy. https://library.iated.org/view/STEINER2015EVA

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