Serious Game Classification

Educational Games Central (Carrefour Virtuel des Jeux educatifs) SAVIE (Canada), SAVIE (Canada), 2000 Play it Now !

Informations Analyses Discussion
 

Classification

RETRO SERIOUS GAME
(Edugame)

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Educative message broadcasting

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Education

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12-16 / 17-25
Students

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

Comments

Taxonomy


Different game shells proposed by Educational Game Central "The Educational Games Central website allows teachers and trainers, companies and community or non-profit organizations to develop and use online educational games using generic game shells. More specifically, EGC aims to:
- promote knowledge development and transfer by means of computerized Internet-based game shells;
- equip teachers and trainers at all levels with learning tools that are rewarding, effective and adapted to their educational and training needs;
- create a directory of English-language educational games accessible to learners and to teachers and trainers everywhere who want to diversify their teaching or instructional methods in class or at a distance."

Distribution : Internet
Platform(s) : Browser (Java)

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