Search for dissertations about: "serious game"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words serious game.

  2. 1. Alleviating anxiety in children with cancer facing radiotherapy : The creation of a serious game

    Author : Catarina Cederved; Gunn Engvall; Gustaf Ljungman; Charlotte Ångström Brännström; Jon Back; Imelda Coyne; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : anxiety; game design; participatory design; pediatric oncology; psychological preparation; proton radiotherapy; serious game; interdisciplinary research; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Children undergoing radiotherapy (RT) can experience anxiety, and explaining the procedure through a serious game could be a means to alleviate anxiety. Children have the right to take part in research that concerns them. READ MORE

  4. 2. Facilitation matters : A framework for instructor-led serious gaming

    Author : Anna-Sofia Alklind Taylor; Per Backlund; Jana Rambusch; Jonas Linderoth; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Serious games; serious gaming; game-based training; seriösa spel; spelbaserad träning; Technology; Teknik; Interaction Lab ILAB ; Interaction Lab ILAB ;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the use of serious games from an instructor perspective. More specifically, it aims to study the roles of instructors and how they can be facilitated within an instructor-led game-based training environment. READ MORE

  5. 3. Coaching by Gaming : An Instructor Perspective of Game-based Vocational Training

    Author : Anna-Sofia Alklind Taylor; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Coaching cycle; debriefing; game-based training; instructor roles; player roles; puckstering; serious games; serious gaming; system support; Teknik; Technology; Datalogi;

    Abstract : Military organisations have a long history of using games for training. Over the years, they have developed training practices involving role-play, simulations, puckstering and gaming. Most researchers in serious games, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 4. Game of crops : genetic composition and adaptation of seed orchard crops

    Author : Alisa Heuchel; Xiao-Ru Wang; David Hall; Ulfstand Wennström; Jaroslaw Burczyk; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; seed orchards; GBS; linear deployment; tree improvement; genetic diversity; adapation; topgrafting; Scots pine; Norway spruce; improved reforestation material; field performance; flowering stimulation; fertility variation; Genetics; genetik; environmental science; miljövetenskap;

    Abstract : Orchard populations are artificial and intensively managed populations of elite, best-performing trees that are established for mass production of genetically improved seeds. Seed orchards connect cycles of selection, breeding, and testing of plus-trees with the deployment of the improved seeds at the operational plantations. READ MORE

  7. 5. Serious Game Approach for Improving Healthcare Logistics

    Author : Chen Zhang; Sebastiaan Meijer; Marcin Wardaszko; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Technology and Health; Teknik och hälsa;

    Abstract : Although serious games are central to corporate learning of needed skills for industrial operations sectors, their use for managing healthcare logistics has rarely been discussed from the perspective of game mechanics in terms of motivation, engagement and the achievement of the desired objectives. This thesis discusses serious games as a method for improving healthcare logistics with a case study in paediatric emergency medicine. READ MORE