Introduction
Games as research environments offer solutions to common problems facing empirical research such as providing opportunity for increased replicability, enhancing the ability to simulate complex environments, acting as reliable testbeds and generating expansive data on subject interactions. For these reasons, across disciplines, researchers are increasingly enlisting the use of games. This trend is not without challenges, however, and currently not enough is known about how games could be fully utilized in service as rigorous research environments and the cost, complexity and rigor needed to produce these types of games remains high. This workshop aims to facilitate a discussion surrounding the major challenges faced and lessons learned by those using games as research environments. Additionally, this workshop will provide an opportunity for researchers to gain a more complete understanding of the various applications of games as research environments across domains.
Call for paper
Important date
Submission Topics
We welcome 2-4 page position papers, written in extended abstract format, that either discuss experience using games for research environments and interesting problems faced or lessons learned, or cover a particular position on the following topics:
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What are games as research environments?
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Why would we use games to learn about the world?
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‘Serious games’ for research
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Reliability and validity of using games as research environments
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Game design approaches with specific research in mind
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Criteria for selecting existing games for specific purposes
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Games for psychology and behavioral research
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The design of stimuli that accounts for complex constructs such as social interaction and behaviors
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Studies of games used for a specific domain or discipline
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Games as research environments for the design of game components
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Games as a testbed to validate algorithms
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How do games impact your research environment?
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A priori problems: design, creating valid stimuli for independent variables, adaptation, hypotheses, decision to include or exclude fun elements for serious games
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A posteriori problems: data analysis, filtering, qualitative vs. quantitative, player telemetry, challenges with conclusions and takeaways
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Important Date
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Aug 14
2017
Conference Date
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May 31 2017
Draft paper submission deadline
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Jun 01 2017
Draft Paper Acceptance Notification
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Aug 14 2017
Registration deadline
Sponsored By
Contact Information
- Angie Avera
- an******@gmail.com
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