Serious Games: Learn while Playing

SeriousSerious Games Games

Learn While Playing

“Without motivation,there is no learning”

– James Paul Gee

A A rule-basedrule-based activity involving activity involving challengechallenge to reach a to reach a goalgoal

Debra Lieberman

What is a game?What is a game?

Link to game

Virtual Knee SurgeryVirtual Knee SurgeryClick to play game

Stories, Movies

Toys, virtual worlds

Predefined Storyline

Flexible Storyline

Games

InteractivityInteractivity

More interactivityLess interactivity

Virtual Knee Surgery

Virtual Knee Surgery

Which knee needs

surgery?

Which knee needs

surgery?

Remedial feedbackRemedial feedback

Left Knee

Right Knee

Continue...Continue...

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InteractivityInteractivity

Decision treeDecision tree

InteractivityInteractivity

Labyrinth systemLabyrinth system

LabyrinthLabyrinth

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LabyrinthLabyrinth

Virtual PatientVirtual Patient

Why games!Why games!

Why games?Why games?

No risk to patientsNo risk to patients

No risk to patientsNo risk to patients

Mimic complex scenariosMimic complex scenarios

ComplexityComplexity

Simulations Games

RepresentationRepresentation

High Fidelity Simplified, Low Fidelity

representationrepresentation

LaerdalLaerdal

Specific objectivesSpecific objectives

ChallengeChallenge

Exploration of open worlds, practice

Competition against self, others or clock, risk of loss or “death”

Less challenge More challenge

Vessel CheckVessel Check

Realism?Realism?

Adventure games Chess

EmergenceProgression

RPG

StructureStructure

Game StructureGame Structure

““Edutainment”Edutainment”

““Edutainment”Edutainment”

JCAHO TriviaJCAHO Trivia

““Edutainment”Edutainment”

““Edutainment”Edutainment”

•Know your target audience

•Clearly defined learning objectives

•Make them think!

•Give players effective feedback

•Use competition to motivate

Keys to SuccessKeys to Success