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Serious Games for Mobile Devices: the InTouch Project Case Study

International Journal of Serious Games, 2015

The paper presents the InTouch project and discusses design principles, implementation and evaluation of serious mobile games for the development of soft skills. 30 serious games for mobile devices were produced to be tested and evaluated during Learning Labs participated by SMEs professionals operating in different business sectors from seven European countries. The games describe situational learning cases related to 10 non routine skills, and use different types of interaction. Evaluation results are described, showing an overall positive impact deriving from the choice of the serious game approach and the use of mobile devices. When analyzing the role of different dimensions of the games, the most relevant elements influencing players’ satisfaction and their willingness to play again were found to be the levels of fun and difficulty associated with the games, the interest, the sense of reality and the adequacy of duration of the games.

A Collaboration Between Industry and University Focusing on the Making of Edutainment Apps

The massive diffusion of mobile technologies, distinctive of the latest years, has commanded to reflect upon the educational and social impact which such systems are able to have, especially on an audience of youngsters. Alongside questions trying to establish which features make to a good app for children, there is a debate upon which educational principles should be a guide to the use of these media, having in mind a world increasingly founded on equity and sustainability. This paper presents an Italian experience of collaboration between private industry and university planning and implements apps for children between 3 and 6 years old. The first part contains an analysis of the various assumptions on which the collaboration between the two partners is funded, with a highlight on the sharing process of the cultural and social goals to achieve. The attention then moves on to the collaboration process with a focus on the work organisation and the assigning of roles. Special concern is given to the products' evaluating and certificating process, conducted through the identification of a range of quality principles of the apps. The final part concentrates on the relationship between sustainability and media education, considering the future diffusion of a technological culture marked on ethics.

Epic Games v. Apple: Fortnite battle that can change the industry

Vilnius University Open Series, 2021

When Apple Store was launched, there were 500 applications available for iPhone users. Since then, the number of applications in the App Store skyrocketed and in 2017 reached around 2.2 million. In recent years, the number of apps in the App Store is steadily declining, due to Apple’s decision to remove old apps that do not function or the apps that do not follow current app guidelines. The distribution of the apps is only available through the App Store, where the only available payment processor is controlled by Apple. That places Apple in a unique position.The case Epic Games v. Apple raises a broader discussion, whether Apple as the “gatekeeper” of Apps can restrict distribution and access to the apps in the iOS operational system, and whether that kind of activity can be deemed as a monopolist and restrictive competition in App distribution market. This paper will analyze and critically evaluate the recent lawsuit that was brought up against Apple by Epic Games. The main aspect...

Development of a Customized Mobile Application in Sport Education

2020

Sport education (SE) aims to help students to be three kinds of sportspersons: (a) a competent sportsperson, (b) a literate sportsperson, and (c) an enthusiastic sportsperson (Siedentop et al., 2020). Experienced teachers reported that SE provided them with time for observing, giving feedback, and praising students individually (Brunton, 2003). However, pre-service teachers may have a hard time using the model because of a lack of full understanding about the curriculum as well as the large amount of time it takes to prepare for seasons (McMahon & MacPhail, 2007). The preparation may be a burden for pre-service teachers if it is their first-time implementing SE (Deenihan & MacPhail, 2013). The appropriate use of technology such as mobile applications (Apps) may provide another vehicle to assist teachers with teaching the SE curricular model. For instance, the season schedules, game scores, individual/team data, and other information can be managed by the Apps. However, very few stud...

Designing a Football Experience for a Mobile Device

Watching sports is a favorite pastime of many consumers. A more nomadic life style makes the tradi- tional spectating venues unavailable. Designing a sports spectator experience using mobile devices poses design and technological challenges in order to achieve a good experience at an acceptable cost. Combining animations, which have higher understandability and lower cost, with video, which has a higher emotional value, might provide that experience. The authors used a combination of a formal experiment with a focus group study to evaluate and refine successive design sketches. The result was a design proposal that will be implemented as a commercial product.

Mobile Applications: Games that Transform Education

A breakthrough development in the crossing of education and technology has long been a subject of heated debate. The possibility of combining machine learning and attention-grabbing graphics to not only make learning easy and interesting, but personalized, was the original impetus for gamifying education. In this paper I investigate the history of technology and media through the lens of education, and attempt to apply the principles, practices, and insights gleaned there within to an educational mobile game. Specifically, the mobile app I designed for the iPhone and Android operating systems focuses on teaching players SAT I math concepts using Nintendo's wildly popular Pokemon game design model.