In light of this, the University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security recently launched Cyber Threat Protector, a tabletop card game designed to introduce cybersecurity safety principles to children as young as 8 years old. The game, launched in August 2020, is part of the university's K-12 Cybersecurity Program, which began in 2016 with Cyber Threat Defender, a collectible card game developed primarily for students in middle and high schools.
Read MoreThe highest-grossing film to date is 2019's Avengers: Endgame, which took in $2.79 billion. That's still way behind the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V, which has made more than $6 billion. The big sums travel back into the games: Cyberpunk 2077, which came out last year, cost a staggering $317 million to develop; a superhero blockbuster, about $200 million.
Read MoreThe healthcare industry has had to shift to more digital practices in recent years due to changing social habits and global health issues). And one area that is rapidly becoming more digital is medical education. Gamification is becoming a prominent tool in medical education as a means to teach important healthcare skills.
Read MoreTikTalk, a new artificial intelligence-based system, can accelerate speech therapy with unparalleled lesson customization and innovative training for K-6-aged children using highly engaging video games to encourage more frequent home practice. TikTalk motivates children with speech sound disorders to practice longer and more accurately using proven training protocols in a fun game environment.
Read MoreKENYA: United Nations Ozone Secretariat is to enter the world of computer gaming with an innovative educational platform with refrigerants in a leading role. Reset Earth is described as an innovative educational platform for adolescents about the fundamental role of the ozone layer in protecting the planet. The platform launches on World Education Day, January 24, with an original animation film that explores options for collective positive action.
Read MoreIn the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of K-12 and college students have transitioned to online learning. Not all teachers have received the adequate resources and training needed to teach remotely. One of the major issues teachers are struggling with is effectively engaging students.
Read MoreYou've even probably tried to ask yourself how your resume can beat the shortlisting and hiring bots companies are using in the recruitment and hiring process today. While we are not yet there, hiring managers and companies are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence to shortlist candidates and determine whether an advert for a job opening even reaches you.
Read MoreChess has a long history at MIT that began decades before 62 million households tuned in to Netflix's miniseries "The Queen's Gambit." Though the show ranked as Netflix's No. 1 in 63 countries within its first month, and sparked a global surge in the sale of chess sets and books, several members of MIT's chess club say, with a laugh, that they haven't seen it yet.
Read MoreThe relationship between Systems Thinking and Game Design is much more sophisticated because the designer has to create a brand new system that should be logical, rational and also easily understandable by the players. That's why thinking of a new game like a new system is a pretty common exercise among game designers.
Read MoreLast year, the international organization of Mexican origin, Educación para Compartir or Education for Sharing, was awarded by WISE for its innovative methodology, being the first time in the history of these awards that a Mexican organization wins this award.
Read MoreTo address the complexity of systems thinking and sustainable development, we designed a board game, Green Economy and developed a game-based learning approach utilizing this game. Games are models of systems and systems themselves which makes game play and game design promising learning tools for complex issues.
Read MoreIt seeks to provide an open standard for digital human simulations for industrial applications. Simulation can make this experience more efficient, but generating a process simulation has historically been time-consuming and required tools for experts.
Read More"The idea of Dropledge - a mobile gamification platform to address social issues was sighted as a perfect opportunity, given the rising mobile gaming trend globally," she says. Sonia also realised that when it came to gaming as an opportunity, over 2.3 billion people played video games worldwide and spent nearly $140 billion on games annually.
Read MoreIt was, of course, a game that made the difference; a PC game, Crusader Kings III. In it, you play the head of a dynasty, ruling a kingdom. It grabbed my attention mainly by modelling complex systems incredibly well.
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Read More"Boggle" and "Scrabble" are among the big stack of board games and card games that until this week were gathering dust in the school library because COVID-19 precautions prevented her from allowing children to play with them.
Read MoreThe relationship between Systems Thinking and Game Design is much more sophisticated because the designer has to create a brand new system that should be logical, rational and also easily understandable by the players. That's why thinking of a new game like a new system is a pretty common exercise among game designers.
Read MoreGood computer games, well-designed computer games, are learning games. These games constantly collect data about the game session and the player.
Read MoreAt the University of Utah's Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, "We are currently doing a number of really interesting projects ," says Benjamin Engel, a U of U virtual reality programmer who runs the day-to-day operations at EHSL. His projects include a trauma lead simulation where a patient comes in with a number of issues into the trauma bay and the participant plays the role of the head doctor who must direct everyone to save the patient.
Read MoreIt’s hard to comprehend just how popular gaming is. Did you know that the economy of gaming is bigger than the movie and music industries combined? With people of all ages loading up games consoles, that shouldn’t come as a surprise, yet it is. Part of the reason is that people that like gaming really like gaming; there aren’t too many fair-weather gamers. Once you’re on the hook, you stay there.
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