Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media GaLA Game and Learning Alliance The European Network of Excellence on Serious Games WP2 Research & Development (Year 3) 1

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Content Setting the SCENE –WP2 moving forward –Y2 outcomes –Emerging priority areas Moving on with Year 3 –Tasks for year 3 –Priority Areas (Lead: TCs 2.1, 2.5 and 2.6) Partners participation! Yes - you! 2

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Introduction: Context 3 Y1: Foundation Y2: Solutions and Validation Y3 + Y4: Implementation, Application and Evaluation

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media 4 Thematic Area 1: Assessment of efficacy Thematic Area 3: Interoperability and standards Thematic Area 2: Design of SG Analysing flow Learning analytics Learning – Game Mechanics Multimodal Interoperability Framework Y2: Solutions and Validation

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media P1: Assessing learners, analysing learning and adaptability –The GLEANER model –Flow analysis of learners including playability P2: Understanding games for learning constructs to aid evaluation and design –Learning-Game Mechanics model (LM-GM) towards defining Serious Games Mechanics (SGM) P3: Encapsulating key elements for a successful development and deployment of SGs for learning –The SG-MIF 5 Y2: Priority Areas

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media P1 + P2: Assessment and design

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Theme 3: Interoperability and standards 7

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Y3 + Y4: Solutions exploitation in conjunction with the overall GaLA SG Service Framework (SG-SF – in WP1) Y3 – further develop, implement, apply and validate solutions and models EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE and EVIDENCE! 8 Y3 + Y4: Implementation, Application and Evaluation

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Exploiting Solutions Models & Solutions Empirical studies Integration of TCs 9 Updating and building knowledge base Hot topics Roadmaps Knowledge Base Align under Priority Areas Specific studies WP1 SG Studies P1 P3P2 Year 3

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Coordination and Reporting Coordination: Work will be streamlined under the three priority areas (areas are INTERRELATED): P1- lead: TC2.6 Assessment, AI, Neurosciences, psychology, HCI P2 - lead: TC2.1 SG mechanics, architecture, HCI, pedagogy, psychology P3 - lead: TC2.5 All TCs Reporting will be streamlined: – 3 Priority Areas Report ( Due July/August 2013) – 1 D 2.3 Synthesis report (Due September/Oct 2013) 10

Madrid 15 th – 17 th April 2013 European Commission Information Society and Media Partners Contribution The TCs need you!!! Group discussions – Priority Areas (1.5 hours, 30 minutes summary at the end) Align existing studies under the areas– empirical, etc. Tasks Strategize for deliverable D2.3 – due July/August 2013 This afternoon – specifically for brainstorming session for empirical studies (under the priority areas) 11