Serious Games for the Development of Employment Oriented Competences

Author

Guenaga, Mariluz ; Arranz, Sonia ; Rubio Florido, Isabel ; Aguilar, E. ; Ortiz de Guinea, Alex ; Rayon, Alex ; Bezanilla, Mara Jose ; Menchaca, Iratxe

Author_Institution

Fac. of Psychol. & Educ., Univ. of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

Volume

8

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

Nov. 2013

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

183

Abstract

This paper presents the research work carried out by an interdisciplinary group of technologists, educators, and entertainment experts from the University of Deusto to develop a serious game to practice generic skills in job-oriented education. This innovative serious game focuses on entrepreneurship skills and problem solving competences. Technology is a facilitator for a new teaching methodology, but it also imposes certain restrictions to be considered by the entire project team.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; employment; serious games (computing); teaching; University of Deusto; employment oriented competences; entrepreneurship skills; innovative serious game; interdisciplinary group; job-oriented education; problem solving competences; teaching methodology; Employment; Games; Innovation management; Problem-solving; Research and development; Serious games; Employability; entrepreneurship; generic competencies; higher education; problem solving; serious games;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-8540

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/RITA.2013.2285024

Filename

6634208