Serious games as social innovation tools

Marion Litaiff Azize Gomes; Célia Maria da Silva Carvalho; Augusto César Barreto Rocha

doi:10.4322/pmd.2021.008

Serious games as social innovation tools

Product Management & Development ◽

10.4322/pmd.2021.008 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. e20210013

Author(s):

Marion Litaiff Azize Gomes ◽

Célia Maria da Silva Carvalho ◽

Augusto César Barreto Rocha

Keyword(s):

Serious Games ◽

Social Innovation

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Serious Games as Social Innovation: Case Hong Kong 2003-2017

Cubic Journal ◽

10.31182/cubic.2018.1.011 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 186-195

Author(s):

Hanna Wirman

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Serious Games ◽

Local Community ◽

Social Innovation ◽

Digital Games ◽

Environmental Issues ◽

Learning Goals ◽

Online Review

This article investigates existing digital games that are developed and used in Hong Kong to serve the local community and tackle various educational, social, and environmental issues. An online review and interviews of experts in the field found that 517 games were used and developed in Hong Kong. The games are mostly available online for free use. In this article, a categorisation of fourteen domains is proposed based on the games' general themes and learning goals. This article discusses some examples of the games in the review, and explores the existing potential of serious games as social innovation in Hong Kong.

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Formative Research for STEM Educational Games

Zeitschrift für Psychologie ◽

10.1027/2151-2604/a000134 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 221 (2) ◽

pp. 90-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

John L. Sherry

Keyword(s):

Video Game ◽

Serious Games ◽

Educational Games ◽

Sesame Street ◽

Children's Television ◽

Educational Video ◽

Educational Media ◽

Television Shows ◽

Educational Video Game ◽

Games For Health

Millions in taxpayer and foundation euros and dollars have been spent building and testing educational video games, games for health, and serious games. What have been the fruits of this frenzy of activity? What educational video game has had the reach and impact of Sesame Street or Blues Clues television shows? By comparison, the Children’s Television Workshop (CTW) managed to get Sesame Street off the ground within a couple of years, writing the basic scientific literature on educational media design in the process. Not only is Sesame Street well known and proven, it laid the basis for every effective educational show to follow. This article explores the differences between the CTW scientific approach to educational media production and the mostly nonscientific approach consuming so many resources in the educational games, games for health, and serious games movements. Fundamental scientific questions that remain unanswered are outlined.

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