The article describes the development of an educational game at the University of Salford to facilitate learning and discussion about on a Heritage Site in Manchester: Ordsall Hall The building has been used as a basis for a series of games about gastronomy, religion, fashion and politics of the respective times with the aim of delivering information in a playful manner The project investigates of how a popular games engine (UT2004) can be used to create Digital Heritage representations and how features that are popular and well known amongst dedicated gamers can be ported or modified to suit an interactive environment that corresponds to scientific standards Three games have been developed that differ in regard to "ludicity", seriousness, depth of content implemented, and ease of use This led to terminological considerations in regard to the notion of "Serious Games" and to a critical analysis of the terminologies used and strategic branding of games as "historic", "big fun", puzzle, "serious", "First Person Shooter" or "Creative"

Les jeux et les hommes

Ordsall hall in manchester: a creative game for heritage studies

The occurrence of flow in a number of leisure and sport activities has been well documented, yet the question of whether sports officials experience flow has not been addressed in the literature. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the occurrence and nature of flow among sport officials, specifically intramural officials. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six University of Tennessee, Knoxville intramural officials. The interviews were transcribed by an independent transcriptionist; the data were reviewed, coded and analyzed using QDA Miner software. Subsequently, five themes emerged: (1) experience/expertise of crewmates and self; (2) motivation of crewmates and self; (3) pace of contest, (4) factors external to and within the contest; and (5) optimal experience. Significant findings of the study included: (1) more experienced officials are better able to handle game situations and serve as inspiring crewmates; (2) motivated individuals adhere to officiating mechanics, hustle, and show enthusiasm; (3) faster paced games can fluster less experienced officials, while veteran intramural officials handle game pace effectively; and (4) health and fitness, weather, personal troubles, and supervisors are factors external to the contest while fans, player behavior, and individual/crew performance are factors within the contest. In summary, the previously noted findings may have an influence on flow experiences for officials and aid in the management of intramural officiating crews.

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Optimal Experience: An Analysis of Flow Among Intramural Officials at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

There is a huge gap in the current PR literature concerning the balance between an assumed identity and a received image of an organization. To little is discussed upon the transfer of identity to a targeted public, and a certain amount of PR strategies are concerned more about "how it should be done" (the event or the campaign), than about "why it should be done" in this particular manner. More and more, the world of sport branding is gaining interest in the PR research field, as the sports industry is booming like never before. Sports are now a global business that is on the cutting-edge of entertainment, new media technology, communication and marketing synergies. And the industry will only continue to grow by leaps and bounds into the foreseeable future. When debating on image-identity formation with regards to sport fans, the current PR literature base does not adequately address the creation of fan's brand image or fan's decision to foster a team or another. Therefore, we will try, in our presentation, to identify the challenges facing today's sport branding and advocate for a rigorous attention on the transition between identity and image in organizational communication. We will also propose a methodology to qualitatively measuring an organizational image profile, and offer a study case on developing a brand image for a Romanian local rugby team.

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A communication perspective on organizational image and identity: study upon a romanian rugby team

Dans le cadre de la deficience dysharmonique, le retard intellectuel de l'enfant est souvent associe a des troubles affectifs et des troubles instrumentaux, notamment des difficultes langagieres. Le jeu est decrit dans la litterature comme un mediateur interessant dans les domaines cognitif, langagier, psychomoteur et psychoaffectif. Nous avons voulu dans cette etude proposer a un enfant de 6 ans, dont le diagnostic s'oriente vers celui d'une deficience dysharmonique, une prise en charge entierement axee sur le jeu, afin d'intervenir notamment sur l'important retard de parole et de langage associe. Un bilan initial et un bilan d'evolution au bout de 6 mois de prise en charge ont ete proposes. L'analyse des resultats montre une evolution favorable dans la realisation des praxies bucco-linguo-faciales, dans les traitements phonologique, lexical et syntaxique, ainsi que dans les capacites cognitives, attentionnelles et mnesiques. Le phonetisme et le traitement visio-spatial et graphique ont par contre peu progresse. Sans pouvoir conclure sur l'interet d'une telle reeducation dans le cadre general des deficiences dysharmoniques, nous pouvons cependant souligner a travers cette etude l'interet du jeu comme mediateur therapeutique dans la prise en charge de ces enfants confrontes a des difficultes a la fois instrumentales et psychoaffectives.

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Impact d'une rééducation orthophonique médiatisée par le jeu sur le langage oral chez un enfant présentant une déficience dysharmonique

Resume : En tant qu’espace de sociabilite, les jeux virtuels, et particulierement les jeux de roles sur Internet, nous permettent certes de saisir l’interet de la dimension ludique dans la vie sociale, mais ils constituent un moyen par lequel les internautes parviennent a experimenter leurs rapports a l’autre. Les jeux virtuels en tant que dispositif de mediation, constituent un « pretexte » pour nouer des liens amicaux, etablir des relations amoureuses, ameliorer des competences linguistiques, decouvrir d’autres cultures, etc. A partir d’une enquete sociologique aupres d’internautes tunisiens (des deux sexes) amateurs des jeux virtuels nous essaierons de montrer comment la mediation ludique est productrice d’une socialite virtuelle proteiforme propre a nos societes contemporaines. Mots-cles : socialite virtuelle, mediation ludique, jeux virtuels, construction identitaire, reflexivite Abstract: As a space of sociability, virtual games, especially online role playing games, allow us to capture the interest of the playfulness in social life, but they are means by which users are able to experiment their relationship to others. The virtual games as a mediation device, constitute a "pretext" to forge friendships, develop love relationships, improve language skills, discover other cultures, etc. Based on a sociological survey of Tunisian Internet users (both sexes) fans of virtual games we try to show how playful mediation is producing a multifaceted virtual sociality inherent in our contemporary societies. Keywords: Virtual sociality, playful mediation, virtual games, identity construction, reflexivity

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Citations

Ordsall hall in manchester: a creative game for heritage studies

Optimal Experience: An Analysis of Flow Among Intramural Officials at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

A communication perspective on organizational image and identity: study upon a romanian rugby team

Impact d'une rééducation orthophonique médiatisée par le jeu sur le langage oral chez un enfant présentant une déficience dysharmonique

Médiation ludique et socialité virtuelle

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