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WP1 – Strategic Coordination

WP1 – Strategic Coordination. Year 2 requirements and goals. According to the DoW Strategic coordination along the three axes (this is the structure of the deliverable) Research integration and harmonization Joint research activities Spreading of excellence Review 1 remarks

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WP1 – Strategic Coordination

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  1. WP1 – Strategic Coordination

  2. Year 2 requirements and goals • According to the DoW • Strategic coordination along the three axes (this is the structure of the deliverable) • Research integration and harmonization • Joint research activities • Spreading of excellence • Review 1 remarks • Stronger emphasis on the NoEidentity • Stronger level of coordination with WPs (particularly: subject-related) • Overlaps (among TCs, on certain topics) • JRAs: more effort on focused research than on preparation of proposals • SG Society creation failed in year 1

  3. GaLAvision • SGs as a reliable, usable tool for learning and teaching (supporting education – role of the teacher) and for training • When to use, how, on what topics, with whom, with what expected benefits and drawbacks • Proper design • Embedded mechanics • Stealth assessment, immediate and formative feedback, support for various types of learning goals (incl. higher order thinking), balance between exploration and guidance, collaboration and competition • Adaptivity/personalization, HCI • Availability of a framework of services for SG production, authoring and didactic adaptation • Suited formats • A supportive community of stakeholders

  4. GaLAobjectives and mainoutcomes Del. 1.2 pag. 16

  5. Strategic coord. actions (with WP assignments) Del. 1.2 pag. 18

  6. Strategic coordinationactions • Focus on SGs for learning • SG studyframework (KMS), SG studies (30+, by all the partners) • Activity useful for deepening the knowledge on SGs, also with multidisciplinary exchanges • Overlaps • Taxonomies • WP1 defined an extensive ontology for SG description, as the basis for the SG-Study Framework • Specific contributions integrated from WP3, WP6 and WP7 • Metrics • WP1 evaluation of SGs (part of the SG-Study Framework) • WP6: assessing integration of SGs in the educational processes • WP7: assessing integration of SGs in corporate training

  7. Strategic coordionactions • More focused WP2 research • Supported WP re-organization • Three main thematic focuses (SG design, SG Assessment, interoperability) and relevant operational frameworks (SG- Study Framework, LM-GM, SG-MIF) • Supported definition of JRAs on identified R&D hot topics and/or exploiting the frameworks • Supervised Del 2.1 resubmission and Del 2.2 • Stakeholder engagement and community building • Supported WP4 in definition of a plan for community building • WP4 – industrial stakeholders • WP2 – R&D technological actors • WP3 – domain analysis (needs, stakeholders and solutions) • WP5 – SG academy • WP6 – teacher community building • WP7 – corporate training users community building • WP8 – provision of online services • WP9 – dissemination support • WP1 – associate partnership and SG Society

  8. Strategic coord. actions • Need for high qualitypublications • Supportdevelopment of the R&D frameworks • Special issues • JRAs • First yearnotcompulsory. Severalfunded research proposals • SG-Studyframework(34 SG studies) • Development of R&D frameworks and focusedexperiments • Publicationtargeted • User studies • Supportingtools: LLs, eSGproject • Publicationtargeted • Didacticmaterial • Books and MOOCs

  9. SG Service framework

  10. Research integration (T1.1) • Integration amongleadingresearchers • GaLA conference, Alignment School, networking (physical and virtual) • Associate partnership • 4 (Y1) -> 21 (Y2) • 52 totalGaLApartners • Show involvement in the SG field • Networking and exchanges • Collaboration in organizing: • Workshops, exhibitions, conference tracks • DassaultSystemeswillhost the GaLAConf. 2013

  11. Sustainability • Long-termtools set-up • Virtual Research Environment (VRE) • Project management • Support for communities and social media • Knowledge Management System (KMS) on SGs • Based on the SG-studyframeworkdeveloped in WP1 • Alldeveloped and maintained by UniGe(WP8) • SG Academy (WP5) • LLs(WP8) • GaLA conference (WP9) • a tool for defragmentation and promotion of SG-specific R&D • Companies, researchers, EU projects • Pursue high-qualitypapers and experimental data • Assets of SGS, the umbrella for the GaLA activities in a long-term perspective, after the end of the EU funding

  12. Spreading of excellence • Publicationstrategy • VS-Games 2012, GaLA conference 2013 • Build and grow a strong scientifickernelspecialized on SGs • Workshops/tracks in otherconferences • iCalt(SGs and 21st century skills), EC-GBL (User profiling), EC-TEL (industrial), SGDA (whole conference), VS-Games (whole conference), Online Educa(Evaluation and assessment of SGs) • Relationships with EU projects • FP7 • TEL-Map (contribution to the roadmap on SGs, sharing of methodologies), Stellar (co-organization of events), TEAM (SGs for new urban mobility), ELLIOT (Living-Labs), HOTEL, SIREN, MIRROR, ROLE, etc. • LLP • eSG(GaLA spin-off: user studies on the SG-based gamification of a HE course), SEGAN (NoE on SGs, co-organization of events), CHERMUG (co-org. of events), etc.

  13. Taxonomies and SG studies (T1.2) • Defined the SG Description Template (used for the SG studies – 34 performed by TCs, SIGs and WPs) • General description • free description, keywords, technical data, target market and users, etc. • SG as a learning environment • user assessment, feedback, sociality, graduality of learning, personalization • SG components • Mechanics and links to learning approaches and goals • Context of use • Learner/teacher role, learning topics, pedagogical approaches and goals • Assessment (metrics) • effectiveness, efficiency, pleasantness of use, diffusion, feedback and assessment, exploitability, capability of motivating and engaging the user • Data being inserted in the SG Knowledge Management System (KMS) a relational database, developed by WP8 (part of the VRE) • Goals • Understand SGs; better use SGs in learning/training; design new SGs • Next steps: • Development of tools for advanced visualization, querying and data-mining

  14. Roadmap (T1.3) • To map SG Research in Europe • Provide a foresight agenda until 2020 • Addressing the main challenges and fragmentation • 3 Areas: • R&D • Integration in Education & Training • Market & industry scenarios • Review roadmap methods and approaches • Suggest ‘simple’ approach based on previous roadmap activity in CE-NET network adapted to GALA • Identify and engage stakeholders

  15. State-of-the-art specific issues Vision statements Technology • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- Decomposition Decomposition Pedagogy • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- State Of the Art SG VISION 2020 Evaluation/ M • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- Applications • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- ... • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- • ------- Comparison GAP Identification Gap Analysis Research challenges and directions Reasons for the GAP Foreseen solutions Deductive Analysis Intuition Roadmap Iteration Process

  16. Research Areas 1. evaluation/ effectiveness of SGs; 2. game design/ mechanics; 3. programming/ AI; 4. graphics, audio-visual design; • interoperability; • pedagogy; • and business models • + SG Applications

  17. Roadmap: Next Steps • Build Consensus • Engage Stakeholders • Produce Vision SG 2020 • Visioning workshop(s) • Document Actual situation (state of art) • Derive the Gap • Develop the Solutions to bridge the gap and reach the vision • In short, medium and long term • Produce 2nd Roadmap deliverable

  18. SG Society (T1.4) • Registered on July 4th • Goal: pursue and advance the GaLA targets in a viable way, also after the end of the EU funding • Supporting SG professionals in performing their activities • A think tank with a special aim to shape the future of SG technologies and applications. • Website: http://seriousgamessociety.org/ • Subscriptions: • students (30€/year), individuals (50€/year) and organizations (100€/year) • 68 members from 12 countries • Elections to be held in spring

  19. SGS structure and strategy • We foresee a structured organization of the SG society • Research disciplinary fields • Market segments • National level • Synergies • with developer/stakeholder groups that represent already mature fields • E.g., health, military • with user groups • Enrichment of the tool asset • VRE: management; community tools; tools for SG research (KMS, Service-fwk) • Web-based services and social networking • LLs • Didactic material for SG design and deployment • Dissemination and promotion • Development of the communities: developers, industrial customers, teachers, students • Plan in WP4 • The SG conference, exhibitions and other dedicated events

  20. WP1 performance metrics

  21. Project-levelmetricscollected by WP1

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