GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination GaLA Game and Learning Alliance The European Network of Excellence on Serious Games WP1 – Strategic Coordination 1

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Year 4 requirements and goals Strategic coordination along the three axes –Research integration and harmonization –Joint research activities –Spreading of excellence 2

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination GaLA identity and vision SGs as a reliable, usable tools for learning and training Favour the birth and uptake of a science of SG analysis, design, deployment and evaluation Proper design –Pedagogical principles –Embedded mechanics Assessment, feedback, guidance, collaboration and competition –Adaptivity/personalization, advanced HCI Appropriate structure for management and tools for dissemination A supportive community of stakeholders 3

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination GaLA objectives and main outcomes 4 Del. 1.4 pag. 14

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Strategic coord. actions (with WP assignments) 5 Del. 1.4 pag. 15

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Strategic coordination actions (Y4) Main goal: –Make the SG Society sustainable after the end of the EU funding Set up a portfolio of analysis/design/evaluation tools Consequential sub-goals: –A high-level academic journal (WP1) –Release SG analysis/design/evaluation frameworks (WP2, 3, 8) –JRAs on priority areas (WP 2) Analytics, mechanics, flow, re-usablity –Guidelines for SG design and deployment (WP3, 6, 7) –Stakeholder communities (WP4, 5) –Business models and technology transfer (WP4) –Didactic tools (WP5) –Roadmap for R&D (WP1) –Complete transition to SGS (WP1, 8, 9) 6

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Strengthening collaboration Communication by the NoE coordinator, after review 3 Network analysis (WP8) –Better use of protocols and prompt availability of minutes, to improve transparency and information flow –Better ICT support (WP8) Coordination among JRAs –Frameworks for SG analysis, design and evaluation Increased joint publications and events (WP9) Editorial organization and management –IJSG workflow, GaLA Conf Final domain-specific thematic workshops in WP3 7

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Associate partnership 6 new associated partners Total 36 associated partners Total 67 GaLA partners Associate Partnership Survey (Spring 2014) –Main joint activities Journal, events, JRAs, SG studies, project proposals –General satisfaction –Reported advantages Acquire wider perspective, reinforce research collab, participate to GaLA events 8

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Research integration Invited speeches and panels –Educon, Else, ECGBL, ASME IDETC/CIE, etc. Joint organization of workshops and tutorials –ICEC, JTEL, SGDA, Gamedays, IFIP SIG, I3M, IEEE SeGAH, GG4H, etc. GaLA Conf, Bucharest, July 2014 –Proceedings in print by Springer LNCS –Best papers in IJSG special issue in Jan nd Summer School, Pori, July

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Publication strategy Major goal shifted to the preparation of a journal dedicated to SGs However, also other activities, such as Special issues Journal publications Workshops and tutorials organized at various conferences Reviewers of journal/confrerence papers –Nurturing and growing/instructing a new field and a new community 10 JournalTopicStatus Education Technology and Society Journal SGs and 21st Century skillsPublished in January 2014 Elsevier Entertainment Computing Special issue of VS-Games 2012Now published online and on paper in December 2014

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The Int.l Journal of Serious Games Open access golden paradigm –Guarantee a rapid diffusion and uptake of the journal. Editorial board constituted by 40 internationally known experts Triple blind review, coordinated by an editor Publication plan –Quarterly issues –5 papers per issue + editorial + letters Indexing goals –Scopus in 3 years since the first issue –ISI in 5 years 11

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The Int.l Journal of Serious Games 4 issues published since jan 2014 Jan 2015, special issue GaLA Conf 2014 Jan 2016, special issue on SGs for mathematics –K. Kiili, Tech. Univ. Tampere editor 85% papers from Eu, 15% North America (60% last issue, 0% first) 45% papers from GALA, 55% outside (100% last issue, 0% first) Avg. Daily sessions 33, 5.33 pages visited –12% Usa, 11% Ita, 8% Esp and Fra, 7% Ger Paper downloads –611 avg per paper (first three issues) Databases –DBLP, EBSCO databases, Google Scholar, J-Gate –(under evaluation) ERIC, DOAJ, Inspec 12

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Spreading of excellence Relationships with EU projects –Collaboration in TEL eSG (deployment of SGs in higher education), SEGAN (co- organization of events), and Loginn and Cassandra (roadmap for SG research and market) Learning analytics (Lea’s Box, LACE) and creativity support (COLLAGE, Juxtalearn, MAGELLAN) Cloud computing and service oriented architectures (weSPOT, CELAR, TEAM) –New application domains smart cities (MyNeighbourhood), cultural heritage (i-treasures, V- MUST), automotive (TEAM), security (LEILA), production/manufacturing (MSEE, Manuskills) New projects won in H2020 ICT

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination SG Society 14 An association to support R&D and deployment Focus on the identification and strengthening of key tools, main assets of the society portfolio

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS Portfolio 15

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS Portfolio Structured descriptions of SGs in a database SGs as a learning environment Based on GALA SG ontology 16 Technical info Components Contexts of use Analysis & assessment

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS Portfolio 17 LM-GM based analysis of Re:Mission

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS Portfolio Evaluation oriented Incl. models of user, context, goals Toolkit with a card game for depoyment 18

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS portfolio 19 Usable to reveal ways to optimize learning effects and user experience A link between user experience, educational theory and game design

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS Portfolio 20 User Session Phases completed Current score Learning achievements Achievements are updated and highlighted in real time Service Oriented Architectures Cloud computing

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS portfolio 21 Re-use of SG resources

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS Portfolio 22

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination The SGS Portfolio 23

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Coverage of the social media 24

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination Next steps Growth of the IJSG and GALA Conf –Extension to extra-European countries Maintenance of the SG analysis/design –NSGMs -> xSGMs –LM-GM -> ATMSG New tools –Service catalogue -> service deployment & execution environment User studies –Field operational tests Main drivers –Publications –Third party citations Geographic coverage Improve industrial engagement –MarketPlace 25

GaLA final review European Commission Information Society and Media WP1 Strategic coordination WP1 performance metrics 26 Year 1 achievements Year 2 achievements Year 3 achievements Year 4 targets Year 4 achie Definition of SG taxonomy, metrics and description templateStartedCompletedRefined Organization of frameworks for collaborative JRAs13666 SG studies based on the SG Description Template (+ 5 not yet in KMS)1518 Organization of other JRAs Nr. of PhD projects Nr. of MSc/BSc projectsn.a Nr. of other EU projects in exchange relationship FP7 10 LLP 4 other prog.s32 24 FP7 4 LLP 7 other progr.s Nr. of associate partners Constitution of the SG SocietyNoyes Nr of SGS affiliated people Nr of SGS affiliated organizations Nr of SGS affiliated countries Nr of 1st tier publications (WP1-specific)1102 Nr of other journal publications15 Nr of other conference publications100