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Games and Learning Alliance

5th International Conference, GALA 2016, Utrecht, The Netherlands, December 5–7, 2016, Proceedings

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Rosa Bottino

    1. Institute for Educational Technology, Genova, Italy

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  2. Johan Jeuring

    1. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  3. Remco C. Veltkamp

    1. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 10056)

Part of the book sub series: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI (LNISA)

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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2016, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in December 2016.

The 27 revised regular papers presented together with 14 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. The papers cover topics such as games and sustainability; games for math and programming; games and health; games and soft skills; games and management; games and learning; game development and assessment; and mobile games.

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Table of contents (41 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Games and Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Sustainable Competence Development of Business Students: Effectiveness of Using Serious Games

      • Rink Weijs, Geertje Bekebrede, Igor Nikolic
      Pages 3-14

    3. The Design of an Augmented Reality Collaborative Game for Sustainable Development

      • Alysson Diniz dos Santos, Francesco Strada, Andrea Bottino
      Pages 15-23

    4. Designing Virtual River: A Serious Gaming Environment to Collaboratively Explore Management Strategies in River and Floodplain Maintenance

      • Robert-Jan den Haan, Vivian Juliette Cortes Arevalo, Mascha van der Voort, Suzanne Hulscher
      Pages 24-34

  3. Games for Math and Programming

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. A Game-Based Approach to Examining Students’ Conceptual Knowledge of Fractions

      • Manuel Ninaus, Kristian Kiili, Jake McMullen, Korbinian Moeller
      Pages 37-49

    3. EyeMath: Identifying Mathematics Problem Solving Processes in a RTS Video Game

      • Aura Hernández-Sabaté, Lluís Albarracín, Daniel Calvo, Núria Gorgorió
      Pages 50-59

    4. Building Arduino-Based Tangible Serious Games for Elementary Mathematics and Physics

      • Luca Mollo, Francesco Bellotti, Riccardo Berta, Alessandro De Gloria
      Pages 60-69

    5. Database Engineering Game

      • Markus Siepermann
      Pages 70-79

  4. Games and Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Effects of a 3D Virtual Reality Neurofeedback Scenario on User Experience and Performance in Stroke Patients

      • Silvia Erika Kober, Johanna Louise Reichert, Daniela Schweiger, Christa Neuper, Guilherme Wood
      Pages 83-94

    3. Looking for Metacognition

      • Priscilla Haring, Harald Warmelink
      Pages 95-106

    4. Evaluating a Gaming System for Cognitive Screening and Sleep Duration Assessment of Elderly Players: A Pilot Study

      • Costas Boletsis, Simon McCallum
      Pages 107-119

    5. Introducing the Fling – An Innovative Serious Game to Train Behavioral Control in Adolescents: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

      • Wouter J. Boendermaker, Remco Veltkamp, Robbert Jan Beun, Rens van de Schoot, Margot Peeters
      Pages 120-129

  5. Games and Soft Skills

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Social Agents for Learning in Virtual Environments

      • Agnese Augello, Manuel Gentile, Frank Dignum
      Pages 133-143

    3. EscapED: Adapting Live-Action, Interactive Games to Support Higher Education Teaching and Learning Practices

      • Samantha Clarke, Sylvester Arnab, Helen Keegan, Luca Morini, Oliver Wood
      Pages 144-153

    4. Parsifal a Game Opera

      • Rens Kortmann, Arlon Luijten
      Pages 154-164

  6. Games and Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Educational Technology, Genova, Italy

    Rosa Bottino

  • Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Johan Jeuring, Remco C. Veltkamp

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