Dear colleagues,
As work development and skill (re) training is considered a key condition for adequate economic development in emerging economies, can we associate the "Appropriate Technology" concepts (as contextualizing technological, structural, and local behavioral aspects as general factors, and concrete, specific factors that included meeting local needs, utilizing local resources, accounting for cultural conditions, and knowledge transfer mechanisms, among many others. in order to satisfy said technology end users' needs and expectations") to the particular technology used in "serious games" (applied as training systems for organizations deployed for the workforce, in order to enhance knowledge and skill sets) ?
I am trying to create a logical link between the two concepts and argue that Serious Games, as training mediated by technology, can in fact be classified as "Appropriate Technology" when it need to be adapted to emerging market conditions (as mentioned above), pertains to important quality-of-life concerns (employment and market economic sustainability - http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_2019_Strategies_for_the_New_Economy_Skills.pdf) and it s adoption is ultimately dependent (or impacted) on the end user adoption (considering existing frameworks, suchg as TAM or UTAUT).
Do you agree?
If so, can you help me find references where similar arguments could be used in a paper I am writing?
Thanks in advance!
Mathias
Dear Mr. Carvalho!
In my opinion yes and during the time of the current COVID-19 pandemic the case is increasingly important:
Alaoui Y., El Achaak L., Belahbib A., Bouhorma M. (2021) Serious Games for Sustainable Education in Emerging Countries: An Open-Source Pipeline and Methodology. In: Ben Ahmed M., Mellouli S., Braganca L., Anouar Abdelhakim B., Bernadetta K.A. (eds) Emerging Trends in ICT for Sustainable Development. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53440-0_42
Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-53440-0_42
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
I agree
“Seriousness” is an adjective for reference and its main purpose is training and investigation, and since training is a process of acquiring and transferring knowledge, skills as well as capabilities, this requires:
Determine the cognitive bases of the concept.
Defining "serious games" skills with training
Design a model to integrate "serious games" with training
Hello Mathias Freire De Carvalho , as I understand you are trying to argument that serious games are an appropriate technology for re- and upskilling workforce in an emergent market by adopting a conceptual / theoretical route. Another more pragmatic, evidence-based approach would be to present data from literature that serious games have indeed been proven effective for specific outcomes in similar, relevant contexts. However, you might want to consider in your study also two more game-based approaches apart from serious games: gameful design (gamification) and playful design. They too can be effective and useful for this purpose. I attach some references that should help you. Good luck!
- Larson, K. (2019). Serious Games and Gamification in the Corporate Training Environment: a Literature Review. TechTrends. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00446-7
- Feng, Z., González, V. A., Amor, R., Lovreglio, R., & Cabrera-Guerrero, G. (2018). Immersive virtual reality serious games for evacuation training and research: A systematic literature review. Computers & Education, 127, 252–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2018.09.002
- Boyle, E. A., Hainey, T., Connolly, T. M., Gray, G., Earp, J., Ott, M., … Pereira, J. (2016). An update to the systematic literature review of empirical evidence of the impacts and outcomes of computer games and serious games. Computers & Education, 94, 178–192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.11.003
- Mystakidis, S., Papantzikos, G., & Stylios, C. (2021). Virtual Reality Escape Rooms for STEM Education in Industry 4.0: Greek Teachers Perspectives. 6th South-East Europe Design Automation, Computer Engineering, Computer Networks and Social Media Conference. Preveza, Greece. (in press)
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