Individual, Collaborative, and Organizational Serious Games and e-learning Gamification in the Workplace

1. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
Margarida ROMERO, Ph.D.
Professeure Adjointe en Technologie Éducative
Université Laval (Québec).
Individual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.
@ m a r ga r i d a r o m e r o
m a r ga r i d a . r o m e r o @ f s e . u l a v a l . c a
Teachers College at Columbia University
June 12th 2014, New York, NY, USA

2. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
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Index
1. Contextualisation
2. 21st century workplace;
lifelong learning as a life sentence
3. E-learning (positive) experience in the workplace
4. Over-simplistic : Play + Learning = Serious (educational)
Games
5. Embracing complexity
– In the workplace
– In Game Based Learning
6. Beyond complexity… a methodology
HEXA-GameBasedLearning (6-GBL)
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3. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
2010-2014 Network of Excellence Games and
Learning Alliance (GaLA) involving 31 partners
from 14 countries. Partnership involves game
developers, research centers and universities.
• Université Laval (Québec, Canada)
2013. International Journal of Serious Games
2011-2013 Projet ESG - Stimulating
entrepreneurship through serious games -
Erasmus Project
2014-2021 ACT partnership project. Focus on
intergenerational use of serious games.
Contextualisation

4. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
• Context of innovation and uncertainty
• Work Life Learning Balance (WLLB)
• Learning and unlearning
• 21st century skills
21st
century workplace {
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5. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
… sounds such a life sentence
if you do(did) not enjoy(ed) the learning experience
Lifelong learning…
THAT’S IT! I’M
THROUGH
SCHOOL AND
LEARNING !
SEE YOU
NEVER !
NEVER
STOP
LEARNING
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6. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
… should offer a positive learning experience
E-learning in the workplace
Competition
A correct level of difficulty
(flow, ZDP, game level design)
Game rules
Engagement,
immersion, narrative
Fun
Creativity
Let’s play!
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7. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
Play
Individual
Organization
Learn! Serious
(educational)
Games
{
Over-simplistic :
Play + Learning = Serious (educational) Games
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8. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
… Calvin is not alone
Organizational/Team/Individual learning needs and goals
Embracing complexity in the workplace (I)
Intrapersonal level
• Prior knowledge
• Learning preferences
• Learning needs and objectives
Interpersonal level (Teams)
• Small group history, cohesion, goals, challenges
• Cooperative and competitive dynamics
• Knowledge Group Awareness
• Learning needs and objectives
Organizational level
• Learning needs and objectives
• Organization (un)learning culture
• Organization history, cohesion, goals, challenges
• Cooperative and competitive dynamics
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9. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
Embracing complexity in Game Based Learning (II)
Game as « organized play » (Prensky, 2001, p. 119), “an activity, in which participants follow
prescribed rules (…) to attain a challenging goal” (Heinich et al, 2002).
Serious Games as games with a purpose.
Gamification as “the use of game design elements in non-game contexts” (Deterding et al, 2011).
Serious (educational) Games
Game universe / Immersion (cognitive &
visual level) / Gameplay
(Educational) Gamification
Real life contexts/Non-game
Secondary task
Purpose / (Educational) objectives
Gaming experience
Positive (learning) experience
Game mechanics & rules
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10. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
Beyond complexity… a methodology
HEXA-GameBasedLearning (6-GBL)
Serious (educational) Games
Game universe / Immersion (cognitive &
visual level) / Gameplay
(Educational) Gamification
Real life contexts/Non-game
Secondary task
Purpose / (Educational) objectives
Learning objectives
Gaming experience
Positive (learning) experience
Game mechanics & rules
Purpose / (Educational) objectives
Learning assessment & feedback
Game modalities
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Purpose / (Educational) objectives
Learner-centered need analysis

11. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
HEXA-GameBasedLearning (6-GBL)

12. Margarida.Romero@fse.ulaval.caIndividual, collaborative, and organizational
serious games & e-learning gamification
in the workplace.June 12th 2014, NY, USA
Margarida ROMERO, Ph.D.
Professeure Adjointe en Technologie Éducative
Université Laval (Québec).
@ m a r ga r i d a r o m e r o
m a r ga r i d a . r o m e r o @ f s e . u l a v a l . c a
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