Serious Games: Applications and lessons learned

Summary:

This workshop, organized within the scope of the H2020 project RAYUELA (empoweRing and educAting YoUng pEople for the internet by pLAying), focuses on illustrating the opportunities offered by serious games by going through several applications of serious games to different domains. The workshop also aims to discuss the most common challenges when developing and validating serious games, as well as to highlight lessons learned from previous experiences. A short introductory statement by RAYUELA project coordinator will be followed by short presentations from experts in the field on related previous projects and a discussion and Q&A session.

Agenda:

15-15:15 - Welcome, brief overview of the RAYUELA project, and speakers' introduction

Gregorio López López

Coordinator of the RAYUELA project. Assistant Professor. Universidad Pontificia Comillas

15:15 - 15:30 - OCARIoT: smart childhood Obesity CARing solution using IoT, gamification, and serious games

Ana Moya Cañas & Leire Bastida Merino

Project Managers. Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation

15:30 - 15:45 - INSPEC2T: overview and lessons learned from its awareness serious games to promote collaboration between LEAs and the community

Rubén Fernández Bleda

Project Manager at European Projects Division. Valencia Local Police

15:45 – 16 - SIRIUS: Serious game to train LEAs to combat terrorism

Juan de Dios Toledo Martínez

EUROPOL

16 - 16:15 - CONECTADO: Serious game to prevent cyberbullying

Baltasar Fernández Manjón

Full Professor. Telefónica-UCM Honorary Chair in Digital Education and Serious Games. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

16:15 - 16:45 - Discussion and Q&A

Moderator: Gregorio López López

Panelists: Baltasar Fernández Manjón, Juan de Dios Toledo Martínez, Rubén Fernández Bleda, Leire Bastida Merino, and Ana Moya Cañas

16:45 - 17: Final remarks, wrap-up and closing of the workshop

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