scholarly journals Investigating the Finnish Elderly People’s Attitudes and Motivation towards Digital Game-Based Physical Exercises

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aung Pyae ◽  
Tapani N. Liukkonen ◽  
Luimula Mika ◽  
Christina Kattimeri ◽  
Veroline Cauberghe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Physical Exercises ◽  
People’S Attitudes

Attitudes and motivation towards physical exercises play a vital role for elderly people’s adherence to exercise. In recent years, digital games have been used to enhance elderly people’s experiences in physical exercises. However, there is a limited number of studies regarding elderly people’s attitudes and motivation towards digital game-based exercises. In this study, we aim at investigating the Finnish elderly people’s attitudes towards physical and digital game-based exercises, as well as their motivation in the gameplay. Furthermore, we intend to investigate if digital games can be an alternative way of exercising for elderly people. We conducted a user experience test of the “Skiing Game” with 21 elderly participants in Finland. We applied both qualitative (e.g. interview) and quantitative (e.g. questionnaires) methods to collect data from the participants. Then, we analyzed the data by using SPSS and Nvivo. The findings show that the Finnish elderly people’s attitudes towards physical exercises are more positive than digital game-based exercises. However, their attitudes towards digital games have become more positive after the gameplay. Their in-game and post-game user experiences were moderately positive. Their motivation to play digital game-based exercises was moderately high after the gameplay. Their feedback towards the Skiing game was positive. They recommend that digital game-based exercises can be an effective way of exercising. Based on these findings, we recommend that digital games are promising to be used as an alternative way of exercising for the Finnish elderly people. The discussion in this study can help researchers gain insights about using digital games for promoting elderly people’s participation in physical exercises.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from Two Usability Studies of Digital Skiing Game with Elderly People in Finland and Japan

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aung Pyae ◽  
Tapani Joelsson ◽  
Teppo Saarenpää ◽  
Luimula Mika ◽  
Christina Kattimeri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Game Design ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Physical Decline ◽  
Physical Exercises ◽  
Japanese Elderly ◽  
Modern Technologies

Physical decline is associated with old age. Engagement in regular physical exercises can help elderly people improve their physical functionalities, as well as cognitive abilities. Among modern technologies, digital games have the potential to promote elderly people’s engagement in physical exercises through fun and enjoyable gameplay. Although commercial digital games show promise, most of them are not senior-friendly. The literature also suggests that more studies need to be undertaken to understand the usability and usefulness of digital games for elderly people. Hence, in this study, we designed and developed a digital game-based Skiing activity for elderly people. Then, we evaluated it with the Finnish and Japanese elderly participants in Finland and Japan to investigate their feedback towards the usability and usefulness of the game. The findings from both studies show that digital games are useful for promoting elderly people’s engagement in physical activities. While digital games are promising to be used as an alternative solution for promoting the Japanese elderly participant’s physical activities, the Finnish elderly participants recommend to use it when they don’t have access to non-digital physical exercises. The lessons learned from this study can help researchers and practitioners gain insights into game design and development for elderly people and their physical activities.

scholarly journals Diagnosa Model Player Experience pada Konteks Dasar User Experience Game “Belajar Huruf Angka Balita”

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 84-99
Author(s):  
Dzuha Hening Yanuarsari ◽  
Erisa Adyati Rahmasari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Educational Games ◽  
Interactive Media ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Player Experience

AbstrakGenerasi muda seperti anak-anak merupakan salah satu pengguna game yang mesti diperhatikan terkait dengan proses tumbuh kembang karakter anak. Seiring dengan kemunculan game digital, game edukasi merupakan salah satu Genre game dan media interaktif yang mampu memberikan metode pembelajaran yang berbeda dari yang konvensional. Game Belajar Huruf Angka Balita merupakan salah satu game digital berbasis edukasi  yang bisa ditemui dan diunduh di PlayStore secara gratis dimana sampai tahun 2017 telah diunduh sebanyak seratus ribu unduhan dalam konteks game lokal. Salah satu yang diunggulkan dalam konten game ini yakni fitur yang sederhana sehingga mudah dipahami oleh pengguna game terutama anak-anak. Penelitian ini menawarkan kajian menggunakan model Player experience dalam konteks dasar User Experience dengan didukung menggunakan metode kuantitatif-kualitatif serta pengamatan. Luaran yang dihasilkan pada penelitian ini berupa hasil kajian melalui model Player experience dalam konteks pengalaman pengguna game Belajar Huruf Angka Balita yang bermanfaat sebagai rujukan pengembangan game edukasi serupa. Kata Kunci: balita, game, media edukasi, player experience, user experience  AbstractYoung generation like children is one of the game users who must be considered related to the process of developing the character of the child. Along with the emergence of digital games, educational games is one Genre of games and interactive media that is able to provide different learning methods than the conventional. Game learning the Figures of Toddlers is one of the educational digital games that can be found and downloaded on the Play Store for free where until 2017 has been downloaded as many as one hundred thousand downloads in the context of local games. One of the main features in this game is a simple feature that is easily understood by game users, especially children. This study offers a study using the Player experience model in the basic context of User Experience with the support of using quantitative-qualitative methods as well as direct observation and interviews of children. The results produced in this study are the results of the study through the Player experience model in the context of the game user experience Learning Letter Figures Toddlers are useful as a reference for the development of similar educational games. Keywords: toddler, game, media education, player experience, user experience

Introduction to Games User Research

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Drachen ◽  
Pejman Mirza-Babaei ◽  
Lennart E. Nacke
Keyword(s):  
User Experience ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
User Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Present Book ◽  
Optimal Quality ◽  
Experienced User

This chapter provides an introduction to the field of Games User Research (GUR) and to the present book. GUR is an interdisciplinary field of practice and research concerned with ensuring the optimal quality of usability and user experience in digital games. GUR inevitably involves any aspect of a video game that players interface with, directly or indirectly. This book aims to provide the foundational, accessible, go-to resource for people interested in GUR. It is a community-driven effort—it is written by passionate professionals and researchers in the GUR community as a handbook and guide for everyone interested in user research and games. We aim to provide the most comprehensive overview from an applied perspective, for a person new to GUR, but which is also useful for experienced user researchers.

scholarly journals Reconsidering passivity and activity in children’s digital play

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marleena Mustola ◽  
Merja Koivula ◽  
Leena Turja ◽  
Marja-Leena Laakso
Keyword(s):  
Digital Games ◽  
Digital Game

The discussion around children’s digital game culture has resulted in two contradictory images of children: the passive, antisocial children uncritically and mechanically consuming digital game content and the active, social children creatively using and interacting with digital game content. Our aim is to examine how these seemingly contradictory ideas of “active” and “passive” children could be considered. By means of empirical examples of children playing digital dress-up and makeover games, we will point out that for the successful use of these concepts, they need to be thoroughly contextualized. By discussing the context and referent of activity and passivity, it is possible to overcome the unnecessary polarization of the discourses on children’s digital game culture. If the purpose is to advance the multidisciplinary discussion on digital games and childhood, the naive or careless use of the concepts of activity and passivity should be avoided.

The quality of user experiences for mobile recommendation systems: an end-user perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Woon Kian Chong ◽  
Zhuang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
User Experience ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Recommendation Systems ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Involvement Theory

PurposeThis paper attempts to identify key factors (i.e., personalization, privacy awareness and social norms) that affect user experiences (UXs) of mobile recommendation systems according to the user involvement theory (push-based and pull-based) and their relationships.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on an online survey with students from an international business school located in southwestern China. The sample population for the study included randomly selected 600 university students who are active mobile phone users. A total of 470 questionnaires were returned; 456 were valid (14 were invalid due to the incompleteness of their responses), providing a response rate of 65%.FindingsSocial norms have the largest impact on user experience quality, followed by personalization and privacy awareness. User involvement in mobile recommendation systems has mediating effects on the above relationships, with larger effects on pull-based systems than on push-based systems.Originality/valueThis study provides an integrated framework for researchers to measure the effects of social, personal and risk factors on the quality of user experience. The results enrich the literature on user involvement, mobile recommendation systems and UX. The findings provide significant implications for both retailers and developers of mobile recommendation systems.

The older player of digital games: A classification based on perceived need satisfaction

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob De Schutter ◽  
Steven Malliet
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
Freedom Fighters ◽  
Larger Sample

AbstractThe current study aims to integrate the findings of previous research on the use of video games by older adults by applying the Uses & Gratifications (U&GT) paradigm (Blumler and Katz, 1974). A qualitative study was performed with 35 participants aged between 50 and 74, who were selected from a larger sample of 213. Based upon their primary playing motives and the gratifications they obtain from digital game play, a classification was developed, resulting in five categories of older adults who actively play games: “time wasters”, “freedom fighters”, “compensators”, “value seekers” and “ludophiles”.

scholarly journals Affect and willingness to communicate in digital game-based learning

ReCALL ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayo Reinders ◽  
Sorada Wattana
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching

AbstractThe possible benefits of digital games for language learning and teaching have received increasing interest in recent years. Games are said, amongst others, to be motivating, to lower affective barriers in learning, and to encourage foreign or second language (L2) interaction. But how do learners actually experience the use of games? What impact does gameplay have on students’ perceptions of themselves as learners, and how does this affect their learning practice? These questions are important as they are likely to influence the success of digital game-based language learning, and as a result the way teachers might integrate games into the curriculum. In this study we investigated the experiences of five students who had participated in a fifteen-week game-based learning program at a university in Thailand. We conducted six interviews with each of them (for a total of 30 interviews) to identify what impact gameplay had in particular on their willingness to communicate in English (MacIntyre, Dörnyei, Clément & Noels, 1998). The results showed that gameplay had a number of benefits for the participants in this study, in particular in terms of lowering their affective barriers to learning and increasing their willingness to communicate. We discuss the implications of these results in terms of further research and classroom practice.

scholarly journals Digital Games and Mindfulness Apps: Comparison of Effects on Post Work Recovery

10.2196/12853 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. e12853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Collins ◽  
Anna Cox ◽  
Caroline Wilcock ◽  
Geraint Sethu-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Digital Game ◽  
Work Recovery ◽  
Mixed Analysis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Game Condition

Background Engagement in activities that promote the dissipation of work stress is essential for post work recovery and consequently for well-being. Previous research suggests that activities that are immersive, active, and engaging are especially effective at promoting recovery. Therefore, digital games may be able to promote recovery, but little is known about how they compare with other popular mobile activities, such as mindfulness apps that are specifically designed to support well-being. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the effectiveness of a digital game and mindfulness app in promoting post work recovery, first in a laboratory setting and then in a field study. Methods Study 1 was a laboratory experiment (n=45) in which participants’ need for recovery was induced by a work task, before undertaking 1 of 3 interventions: a digital game (Block! Hexa Puzzle), a mindfulness app (Headspace), or a nonmedia control with a fidget spinner (a physical toy). Recovery in the form of how energized participants felt (energetic arousal) was compared before and after the intervention and how recovered participants felt (recovery experience) was compared across the conditions. Study 2 was a field study with working professionals (n=20), for which participants either played the digital game or used the mindfulness app once they arrived home after work for a period of 5 working days. Measures of energetic arousal were taken before and after the intervention, and the recovery experience was measured after the intervention along with measures of enjoyment and job strain. Results A 3×2 mixed analysis of variance identified that, in study 1, the digital game condition increased energetic arousal (indicative of improved recovery) whereas the other 2 conditions decreased energetic arousal (F2,42=3.76; P=.03). However, there were no differences between the conditions in recovery experience (F2,42=.01; P=.99). In study 2, multilevel model comparisons identified that neither the intervention nor day of the week had a significant main effect on how energized participants felt. However, for those in the digital game condition, daily recovery experience increased during the course of the study, whereas for those in the mindfulness condition, it decreased (F1,18=9.97; P=.01). Follow-up interviews with participants identified 3 core themes: detachment and restoration, fluctuations and differences, and routine and scheduling. Conclusions This study suggests that digital games may be effective in promoting post work recovery in laboratory contexts (study 1) and in the real world, although the effect in this case may be cumulative rather than instant (study 2).

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