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GaLAGame and Learning Alliance

The European Network of Excellence on Serious Games

GALA WP 8 Support and services

Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge (BIBA)

Riccardo Berta, Francesco Bellotti (UNIGE),

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Activities WP 8

• Serious Games Studies Database (SGS-DB) • Service development of the database and offering tools

via SG• SNA to help the community building • Operation of Living Labs• Development of tools• Transition from GALA to SGS (techn)

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Taks 8.1 – current work-objectives

• offer a service able to easily provide high quality knowledge• Provide access to tools

– Allow an in-depth understanding of SGs through a detailed description of their mechanisms

– Apply existing games into learning and training contexts, considering appropriate pedagogies

– Support design of new games and enhance existing games, identifying their weak points

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SGS System- GUI

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SGS-DB

• Currently 78 games• Uses a standard description (GALA Template, WP1)• Easy to use (Backend

http://146.148.31.123/SGRepoBE/)• Allows search

– Filtered– Text

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Usability tests SGS-DB

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Question Ava. answer




Ease of Use 4.9 Feel comfortable 5.1 Clear

information 4.6 Pleasant Interface 4.4

System simple to use 5.2 System easy to

use 5.3 Information easily found 4.6

Like using the interface of

system4.7

Complete work efficiently 5.3

Became productive

quickly5.1

System information

understandable5.6

Comprises relevant

functionalities and capabilities

5.3

Able to complete work quickly

5.5System gives error & info.

how to fix5.8

Information effect. For task completition

5.3 Overall system satisfaction 5.4

Able to complete work efficiently

5.4 Easily recover after mistakes 5.7

Clear organisation of

information5.1

N=9scale 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)


Tools for different purposes-examples

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http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org

http://studies.seriousgamessociety.org/

http://www.seriousgamessociety.org/

http://marketplace.seriousgamessociety.org/

http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/

http://studies.seriousgamessociety.org/

http://www.seriousgamessociety.org/




SG Reusability Point of Reference

• Supports the identification of reusable SG components• Uses a reference-based approach also for non-open source• SGREF manages collections of references to reusable SG assets• Manage a repository with reusable SG assets uploaded by users. • It is a service which is available via the SGS website under

assets, or via www.sgref.net.

• Rich internet application technology

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http://www.sgref.net/


SGREF Example

• Search functions – full text, – specific reference categories, – tags– user profile.

• Add reference– Step 1: describe ref.– Step 2: Review– Step 3: Share

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Usability tests

• Questionnaire, N=42

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18-25 Often 26-35 Often 26-35 Sometimes

36-45 Often 36-45 Sometimes

46-55 Sometimes

Soft-ware Ana-lyst

NaN 6 7 NaN 7 NaN

Soft-ware devel-oper

7 10 9.25 10 8.66666666666668

9.33333333333334

Web de-signer

5 7 7 NaN 8 NaN

Web devel-oper

NaN 9 NaN NaN NaN NaN

2.5

12.5

22.5

32.5

Software development experienceFeedback SGREF Updates

Exec. - -

Design - -User Requirements

N= 6 users should be able to save a list with references to submit at a later. A useful reference might be lost because users do not have the time to fill in all the fields in the submission form.

A list of quick reference will be considered in future development.

8 participants have suggested that users should be able to save drafts of the references they are submitting.

An option to safe drafts will be considered in future development.

3 participants have mentioned that tags should be suggested based on the description the user has introduced for the reference.

Tags suggestions will be considered in future development

6 participants have requested that developers consider accessibility issues. Users should have the possibility to increase font size.

Accessibility issues will be addressed.


T8.2 Living labs: Coventry

• Ideation space, provides IPR support• Open environment to promote infusion and diffusion of knowledge• 4 Events• Part of Enoll• High involvement of commercial partners• Hub for UK node for Games for health Europe• High number of attendance• Open events with different topics• Will focus more on learning space and ecosystem• Outcome- many ideas, closer collaboration of local stakeholders• Cooperation with association from different application fields• Cooperation with the LL in Bremen

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BIBA

• Focus on SG for logistics and manufacturing• Cover ideation, (development) and testing• Operates with open events, but also with closed groups• Collaborate much with the university, industrials, and SG developers• Outcome

– Various student projects– Closer collaboration between local industry and University– Closer collaboration between local SG developers and Industry– Through the testing, given us relevant evaluation results– Included in development activities– Lead to better collaboration for R&D proposals and industrial project– Best practice exchange among the teachers – Cooperation with the node in Coventry

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Madrid

• Focus on testing games in health sector– Operating room medical personal

• Participants medical staff and developers• 7 events Y4, 5 hospitals, 100+ medical personnel• Outcome

– Improvement of specific knowledge included in the game– New ideas for ways of deliveries– New ideas on how to apply in a medical setting

– Outcome used for improving the tested games

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Paris

• Focus on ideation• Meeting point for many stakeholder

groups• High industry involvement• 3 main events Y4• Core group meeting at Cap Digital

(cluster)• Carry out the larger LL in

connection with other events• LL lead to new collaboration• Developed several ideas• Uses external experts• Will strengthen the cooperation with

clusters in innovation

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Date of event

October, 2013, Event2

June 17th , 2014, Event3

September 12th, 2014Event 4

number of participants to the workshop 20 50 20academic 10 14 4students 2 8 2sg developers 8 12 3academic 30 0 0students 10 2 2pupils 0 4 4sg developers 10 2 3sg publisher 2authorities 3SG retailers 0SG distributors 2teachers 3consultants 0


Genoa

• Focus on primary schools • Learning through gaming• 4 events, 6 classes, 89 pupils• Observation

– Interest among pupils– Pupils familiar with tablets– Teachers very interested, but need training– Support exchange of best practices

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10

50

100

I think that this SG helps me to learn new English words

a lot fairly so-so a little not at all Overall results; N=122

Could SGs support the English words acquisition?

A lot enough so-so a little not at all

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5

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Does this SG have an impact on the pupils' will

to do homework?

A lot enough so-so

a little not at all


Network analysis

• Carried out for improving collaboration (coll. WP 1)• 2 studies • Identification of embeddedness

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Structural embeddedness

Embeddedness in practice

“Organizational” embeddedness

Trust/Freeriders Conflicts / counter-

productive meetings Reciprocity Psychological safety

Network size Network

structure Partner

representatives’ turnover

Lack of Experience

GaLa objective / Common Goal

Personal interests not central

Proposal legacy

Accountability! Transparency

(internal and external)


Identified boundaries

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Derived actions

• Improve the transparency• Physical meeting where applicable• More use of minutes• Better integration of partners through dedicated persons• Regularly virtual meetings• Improved usability of ICT infrastructure• Development of different levels• Increase the information flow

• Actions implemented in WP 1

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KPI

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KPI name and description

Values (achieved Reference value

No. LL products: number of games collaboratively developed

130,35 games collaboratively developed / event

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No. studies 6 0No. LL products: Project proposal developed 21 0,57 prosposals / event 0,25

Potential project discussed 31 0,81 Project discussion /

event

No. LL products: Tested Games

Tested Games: 27 Participants: 957

Number of testers / game: 35,2

game tested 1,8 per lab/event, 42 user/game

No. LL products: Ideas developed Ideas developed: 55 Average Idea / Event:

1,37

Stakeholders invovlement

Academics: 204;Students incl. PhD: 278; Pupils: 112;SG Developers: 59;SG Publisher: 15; Authorities/Industrials: 66;SG retailers: 3; SG Distributors: 9;Teachers: 88No. Events: 37: Average Participant / Event: 26


KPI 2

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Appropratness of GALA /SGS software and services

DATA: Response time=0.184 sec - Down time=2 days/month - No. Failures=3 each month - DB usage: data received=2.4 MiB per hour; data send=38.1 MiB - DB connections: max concurrent=39, total=702 per hourn - Queries: 10.680 per hour

Response time:<1s; Down time: 5d/month; no failure: 3/month; use of resources, DB transactions- not monitored yet, measuring of utilisation and meas. Of number of transactions will be implemented ; hour spent on development: 1 person full time, hours spent on maintenance: 0,1 full time equi. /month; Number of coding lines and classes :1500/120; no. of serivices:5; For SGREF all 0, since not in operation yet

SGS-DB and SGREF usage

Active Users: SGS=60, SGS DB=20, SGREF=7 Current number of users GALA: 40; KMS:20 SGREF 0

SGS-DB and SGREF usability

3 in the last three months NA

KPI name and description

Values (achieved Reference value


What about the future?

• All tools transferred to the SGS• SGS will maintain the SGS system including the SGS-

DB, tools and services• Further development will be in line with SGS work• SG-ref further development with local resources• All 5 LL will continue

– Will support SGS as local hubs offering physical meetings– Continue to evaluate and test games– Continue the ideation and development of R&D proposals – Work on Service and product development (IPR important)– Strengthen collaboration– Increase external collaboration with associations

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LL Future activities

• Discussions on Research Activities:– Both R& D topics and deployment topics, depending on LL

• Stakeholders’ engagement –increase the engagement from other sectors

• Service and product development also through SGS• Exchange of Best Practices• Support potential users through dedicated events• Promote SGS and disseminating actions to different stakeholders• Provide an attractive test environment for different application fields• Collect local result and disseminate through the SGS• Continue collaboration with overseas organisations• Both for awareness raising and development• Fosters active participation

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Questions?

Thank you for your attention

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