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课程名称：严肃游戏 课程概述：你是否想过，玩游戏如何能帮助我们训练人才、应对社会挑战或提升对当代社会问题的认识？在这门MOOC（大规模在线开放课程）中，你将学习旨在这些目的下设计的游戏——严肃游戏。我们将定义严肃游戏，讨论不同类型的严肃游戏，并解释人们为何喜欢玩这些游戏及其可能产生的影响。课程将结合游戏研究、哲学和媒体心理学的前沿理论，帮助你理解严肃游戏如何运作及其吸引玩家的原因。特别地，我们将探讨旨在改变玩家态度的劝说游戏。整个课程将通过生动的动画和来自鹿特丹世界级公司开发的严肃游戏案例来阐明理论见解。 该MOOC特别适合希望学习严肃游戏的数字媒体专业学生、对这些游戏可能为组织带来的机会感兴趣的专业人士，或想了解严肃游戏影响的游戏开发者。请注意，本课程不会教授如何设计严肃游戏。 课程大纲： 1. **游戏开始：什么是严肃游戏？** 在这一周，你将了解严肃游戏的定义和特征，并探讨严肃游戏与娱乐游戏的区别。 2. **游戏理论简介** 本模块提供文化视角和心理视角，说明游戏的社会功能和人们对游戏的动机。 3. **不同类型的严肃游戏** 学习严肃游戏的分类，包括轻量的游戏元素使用和沉浸式模拟游戏。 4. **劝说游戏** 探讨严肃游戏如何影响玩家态度，分析劝说游戏的有效性。 5. **严肃游戏的影响** 讨论严肃游戏的实际效果及其复杂性，邀请研究者分享研究案例。 6. **严肃游戏的未来** 展望严肃游戏的未来，讨论虚拟现实和增强现实的潜在发展，并进行知识测验以检验所学内容。 准备好扩展对严肃游戏的视野了吗？加入这个课程，获得启发！
Name:Let the games begin: What are serious games?
Description:Get ready to immerse yourself! This is the first week of the serious gaming course of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Although probably all of you have some personal experience with playing entertainment games – serious games are less known. To be able to study the subject, we first need to understand what serious games are. Therefore, we start this course by defining serious games and showing you what characteristics they have. Also, you might wonder if there is a clear difference between entertainment games and serious games; can entertainment games teach? Can serious games entertain? You will get an answer to these questions. Before we officially start, you might want to get an overview of the course and what you can expect the coming weeks. To make it easier for you to schedule your own learning path, we recommend that you watch the video: What can you expect of this course?
Name:Introduction to game theory
Description:Now that we know what serious games are, we take you a level deeper. In this module we will provide you with two perspectives on games: the cultural perspective and the psychological perspective. The cultural perspective shows us how play and culture are connected. Humans are playful, and play serves a social function in our society. The psychological perspective explains in more depth why we keep on playing a game, even though we sometimes lose or get stuck in a level. You will learn about what is so motivating about games. We will not only discuss theories, but also give you a practical example of a serious game that encourages commuters to leave their car at home more often.
Name:Different types of serious games
Description:From a brain training game to a game that simulates working in the emergency room in the hospital; throughout this MOOC, you will learn that serious games are applicable in various situations. In this module, we will introduce you to a taxonomy of serious games; a classification of the different kinds of serious games. Gamification is the lightest form of serious games - game elements are used in a non-game context. Simulations are the most immersive and 'serious' type of serious games. Players can actually practice a certain skill in a game. In this module, you will not only get explanation, you can also take a look at three case studies.
Name:Persuasive Gaming
Description:So far you have learned what serious games are, how they are different from entertainment games and other media products, and you have seen a range of domains where serious games can be used. This module, we will dive into the way serious games work. How can a game influence the attitude of a player? You will be introduced to persuasive games. Rhetoric and psychological theories will help you to understand how the process of persuasion works. And we will analyze in practice how persuasive games can help us to feel empathy for poverty-stricken teenagers, what it feels like to have autism or understand the impact of gun violence.
Name:The Impact of Serious Games
Description:By now you probably wonder to what extent serious games actually reach their desired outcome. This seems to be the million-dollar-question, because when an organization invests serious money in a serious game, they would like to be sure it works. But the answer is not that simple. To know more about impact, you need to know more about what it means, its complexities and understand what we already know about the impact of serious games. You will need this knowledge to be able to assess claims on certain impacts serious games can have. This module, we do not have a separate case-study, but we invited three serious games researchers to a round table in the studio, in which they will tell you about their own case studies and research projects. Put on your lab coat!
Name:The Futures of Serious Games
Description:This is the final module of this course. Now you know and understand many aspects of serious games, and are aware of state-of-the-art research concerning the persuasiveness and impact of serious games, it is interesting to look forward. Although we do not own a crystal ball, we will explore some possible futures of serious games. Will we be playing games in virtual reality, or will we guide our game characters with our brains? We will discuss two technological developments in more detail; virtual reality and augmented reality. But before we look forward, this module will also provide you with a brief overview of all the things we have discussed so far. At the end, you will find the final quiz to test your knowledge gained throughout this course. Good luck!
Have you ever wondered how playing games can help us to train people, deal with societal challenges or raise awareness of contemporary social issues? In this MOOC you will learn the ins and outs of games that are designed with exactly those purposes in mind: serious games. We will define serious games and discuss the different types that have been developed. We will explain why people like to play them and what impact they may have. State of the art theories from game studies, philosophy and media psychology will be used to help you understand how serious games work and how they appeal to players. The potential impact of gaming is addressed in detail by discussing persuasive games, which aim at changing the player's attitude. Throughout the MOOC, theoretical insights will be illustrated with playful animations and case studies of serious games that are developed by world-class companies in the city of Rotterdam. This MOOC is particularly interesting for you when you are a student considering to study digital media such as serious games, a professional interested in the opportunities these games may create for your organization, or a game developer who wants to know more about the impact serious games can have. Note that this MOOC will not teach you how to design a serious game. Watch the teaser for this MOOC here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqjY1KSsEx8 Are you ready to broaden your vision on serious games? Join this course and be inspired!
