In social settings, people often need to reason about unobservable mental content of other people, such as their beliefs, goals, or intentions. This ability helps them to understand, to predict, and even to influence the behavior of others. People can take this ability further by applying it recursively. …

An important step in the design of an effective educational game is the formulation of the to-be-achieved learning goals. The learning goals help shape the content and the flow of the entire game, i.e. they provide the basis for choosing the game’s core (learning) mechanics. A mistake in the formulation …

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 …

Presentatie in de 3D-carrousel over proefschrift Spel tussen amusement en kunst - de verbeelding van cultuur in games, en de relatie met (de activiteiten van) het lectoraat User Centered Design van het Instituut voor Communicatie, Media & IT.

Presentation for Intercultural Communication master students of Wageningen University about the design of educational games for teaching about cultural differences.

In September 2010, Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (the Netherlands) started a 20-week international program titled GameOn! The object of this program is for students to develop serious games, that aim to help the youth become aware of social and/or health related issues. Since the …

Games zijn bedoeld voor vermaak, maar we kunnen ze ook opvatten als een vorm van cultuur. Ze vertellen iets over de samenleving waarin ze zijn gemaakt: al dan niet met opzet komen er via de verbeelding van de makers opvattingen over de samenleving in games terecht. Games zetten op hun beurt aan tot verbeelding, …

“Gamen als therapie?” is een inventariserend onderzoek naar de therapeutische doelstelling van videospellen binnen de psychomotorische therapie (PMT) in Frankrijk. Een van de redenen van het onderzoek is het ontbreken van informatie over het gebruik van videospellen binnen de PMT. In Frankrijk zijn er …