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The Educational Power of Games:
The Production and Evaluation of
Japan’s first “Serious Game Jam”Yoshihiro Kishimoto
Koji Mikami Toru Fujimoto
Kenji Ono
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Yoshihiro Kishimoto
Tokyo University of Technology
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The Educational Power of Games:
The Production and Evaluation of Japan’s first “Serious Game Jam”
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Where am I from ?
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Japan
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Tokyo
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40km west of Central Tokyo
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Tokyo University of Technology
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Please take a moment to remember when you were an elementaryor junior high school student.
- Did you enjoy your classes? - Were there any classes that you didn’t
like?
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In Japan, many students dislike learning English.
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In fact, I don’t really like learning English myself.
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My associates and I thought, “Is there a way to use games to help students enjoy English?”
We decided to research this. I will present our findings to you today.
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• Japan’s first “Serious Game Jam” • Theme: English Learning Games
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What is a “Serious Game?”
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• A game made to help society• Used in many fields
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Serious Games in Japan
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• Not very popular in Japan• No places to exchange ideas about serious
games
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What is a “Game Jam?”
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• Event for developers and students to make games
• Generally have a theme• Teams are random
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Game Jams in Japan
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• Global Game Jam and Fukushima Game Jam are popular in Japan
• Serious games are rarely made• We decided to change that by making our
own Game Jam
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• Goal: help with research/visibility of serious games
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• 14 professionals and 21 students participated
• 5 games made over 2 days
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5 teams
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5 games
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“Riddles in Pieces”
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“Bizarre! Mystery of the English Troops”
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"Alpha! Beta! Collector!"
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"Word Bridge"
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“Big Big Dragon”
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• Students tested the games and gave feedback
• Feedback was implemented before publishing
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Video of the event （ 1:06 ）https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=576688249082664&set=o.1392487234342662&type=2&theater
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Five Important Features
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• Concept sheet contest
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• Participants chose the game they worked on
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• Feedback from experts and students
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• Participants did not stay overnight at the event
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• Preparation in advance
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Conclusions
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• Everyone enjoyed themselves• Spread the idea of serious games
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The Future
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• Many participants said they would like to participate in future Serious Game Jams.
• We hope to continue holding Serious Game Jams for many years to come.
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Riddles in Pieces
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Game Video (0:34)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=012yOab8bxM&feature=youtu.be
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Impression of an English education expert:
“The game has beautiful graphics and an interesting story. There is a charm to interest children.”
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Impression of a high school student:
"I enjoyed the graphics and story. I can review with it. I could beat it on my own.”
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Impression of an elementary school student:
"There was some English that I didn’t know, but I could still progress in the game."
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Riddles in pieces Search
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The Educational Power of Games: The Production and Evaluation of Japan’s first “Serious Game Jam”
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