Serious game design and development : technologies for training and learning / [edited by] Jan Cannon-Bowers, Clint Bowers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cannon-Bowers, Janis A.

Contributor:

Cannon-Bowers, Janis A., editor.

Bowers, Clint A., editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Design.

Video games.

Video games industry--Technological innovations.

Video games industry.

Game theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 360 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pa. : Information Science Reference, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"With an increasing use of video games in various disciplines within the scientific community, this book seeks to understand the nature of effective games and to provide guidance for how best to harness the power of gaming technology to successfully accomplish a more serious goal"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Mini-games with major impacts / Peter A. Smith, Alicia Sanchez

2. Serious storytelling : narrative considerations for serious games researchers and developers / Rudy McDaniel, Stephen M. Fiore, Denise Nicholson

3. An adventure in usability : discovering usability where it was not expected / Holly Blasko-Drabik, Tim Smoker, Carrie E. Murphy

4. Development of game-based training systems : lessons learned in an inter-disciplinary field in the making / Talib Hussain, Wallace Feurzeig, Jan Cannon-Bowers, Susan Coleman, Alan Koenig, John Lee, Ellen Menaker, Kerry Moffitt, Curtiss Murphy, Kelly Pounds, Bruce Roberts, Jason Seip, Vance Souders, Richard Wainess

5. DAU CardSim : paper prototyping an acquisitions card game / David Metcalf, Sara Raasch, Clarissa Graffeo

6. Kinesthetic communication for learning in immersive worlds / Christopher Ault, Ann Warner-Ault, Ursula Wolz, Teresa Marrin Nakra

7. How games and simulations can help meet America's challenges in science mathematics and technology education / Henry Kelly

8. Games for peace : empirical investigations with PeaceMaker / Cleotilde Gonzalez, Lisa Czlonka

9. Play's the thing : a wager on healthy aging / Mihai Nadin

10. Re-purposing a recreational video game as a serious game for second language acquisition / Yolanda A. Rankin, Marcus W. Shute

11. Application of behavioral theory in computer game design for health behavior change / Ross Shegog

12. Avatars and diagnosis : delivering medical curricula in virtual space / Claudia L. McDonald

13. Using serious games for mental health education / Anya Andrews, Rachel Joyce, Clint Bowers

14. Pervasive health games / Martin Knöll

15. Influencing physical activity and healthy behaviors in college students : lessons from an alternate reality game / Jeanne D. Johnston, Lee Sheldon, Anne P. Massey

16. Establishing a science of game based learning / Alicia Sanchez, Jan Cannon-Bowers, Clint Bowers

17. The way ahead for serious games / Jan Cannon-Bowers.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from ebook home page (viewed on Aug. 23, 2010).

ISBN:

1-282-56368-8

9786612563683

1-61520-740-6

OCLC:

707615521