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Evaluation of Serious Games

Evaluation of Serious Games

Stefan Göbel, Michael Gutjahr, Sandro Hardy
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781466636736|ISBN10: 1466636734|EISBN13: 9781466636743
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3673-6.ch007
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Göbel, Stefan, et al. "Evaluation of Serious Games." Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Education, Professional Development, and Healthcare, edited by Klaus Bredl and Wolfgang Bösche, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 105-115. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3673-6.ch007

APA

Göbel, S., Gutjahr, M., & Hardy, S. (2013). Evaluation of Serious Games. In K. Bredl & W. Bösche (Eds.), Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Education, Professional Development, and Healthcare (pp. 105-115). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3673-6.ch007

Chicago

Göbel, Stefan, Michael Gutjahr, and Sandro Hardy. "Evaluation of Serious Games." In Serious Games and Virtual Worlds in Education, Professional Development, and Healthcare, edited by Klaus Bredl and Wolfgang Bösche, 105-115. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3673-6.ch007

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Abstract

Comprehensive evaluation studies are necessary to “prove” the benefit of Serious Games (SG). This is also extremely important for the commercial success of SG: Best practice examples with profound, well-recorded positive effects will provide relevant arguments to invest into SG for training/education, sports and health, and other application domains. On the other hand, it is not easy to prove the benefit of SG and to measure its effects (e.g. learning effects or medical effects) and affects (user experience factors such as fun during play). Evaluation methodologies might be split into observation, self-evaluation (e.g. questionnaires, interviews), associative methods, performance analyses, and psychophysiology measurement. Technology-enhanced evaluation methods, for instance, facing expression measurement are in the centre of attention. This chapter provides an overview of these methods and describes current interdisciplinary research and technology development achievements in that field.

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