Educational benefits of serious games in the context of a H2020 research project about bullying and safe use of the Internet

Title
Publication TypeConference Paper
Año de publicación2018
AuthorsLópez, V, Martín del Pozo, M, Basilotta, V, Hernández-Martín, A, Iglesias, A, González-Rodero, L
Nombre de la Conferencia4º Encontro sobre Jogos e Mobile Learning
Fecha de publicación05/2018
PublisherCentro de Estudos Interdisciplinares do Século XX, Universidad de Coimbra
Conference LocationCoimbra, Portugal
ISBN978-972-8627-79-9
Keywordsbehavioral change, Education, Serious Games, video games
Resumen

The benefits of incorporating digital games into the educational environment are not exclusively motivational. A school environment enriched with the features of games can allow students to develop their own pace through individual feedback, in addition to strengthening skills
such as problem-solving, collaboration and communication. In order to contribute to the research in the field of Serious Games in education we are working on the eConfidence project. This project includes the analysis of the benefits of two serious games in the change of behavior and attitudes in teenagers, towards the safe use of the Internet and the dangers of bullying. eConfidence is a 24 months project that started in November 2016 and has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ref. No732420). In this paper, we will contextualize the project with a theoretical review about serious games, benefits of games experiments using serious games in education, and issues about bullying and the safe use of the Internet. Then, we will explain the features of the project and its possible contributions in the field of education.

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Título TraducidoBeneficios educations de los serious games en el contexto de un proyecto de investigación H2020 sobre bullying y uso seguro de Internet