Applications of Simva to Simplify Serious Games Validation and Deployment

Title:

Applications of Simva to Simplify Serious Games Validation and Deployment [Download]

Authors:

Alonso-Fernández, Cristina and Pérez-Colado, Iván José and Calvo-Morata, Antonio and Freire, Manuel and Ortiz, Iván Martínez and Manjón, Baltasar Fernández

Index Terms:

Tools;Data collection;Privacy;Standards;Data privacy;Serious games;learning analytics;evaluation;assessment

Abstract:

Serious games' evaluation and players' assessment is commonly done with experiments where the users play the game and fulfill one or more questionnaires. The tool Simva was designed to simplify these complex experiments, which commonly include the collection of game learning analytics data to provide further insight about players' progress and results. We present the latest updates on the tool Simva and three applications where it was used to validate serious games using pre-post experiments and collecting game learning analytics data of players' in-game interactions.

DOI:

10.1109/RITA.2020.3008117

How to cite:
Alonso-Fernández, Cristina and Pérez-Colado, Iván José and Calvo-Morata, Antonio and Freire, Manuel and Ortiz, Iván Martínez and Manjón, Baltasar Fernández, "Applications of Simva to Simplify Serious Games Validation and Deployment" in IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, pp. 161-170, Aug. 2020. doi: 10.1109/RITA.2020.3008117