Serious games are a serious tool for team research.

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• Personal Author:
  Bennett W Jr. ; Coovert MD ; Howard DJ ; Winner J
• Description:
  Serious games are an attractive tool for education and training, but their utility is even broader. We argue serious games provide a unique opportunity for research as well, particularly in areas where multiple players (groups or teams) are involved. In our paper we provide background in several substantive areas. First, we outline major constructs and challenges found in team research. Secondly, we discuss serious games, providing an overview and description of their role in education, training, and research. Thirdly, we describe necessary characteristics for game engines utilized in team research, followed by a discussion of the value added by utilizing serious games. Our goal in this paper is to argue serious games are an effective tool with demonstrated reliability and validity and should be part of a research program for those engaged in team research. Both team researchers and those involved in serious game development can benefit from a mutual partnership which is research focused. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Education Men Occupational Health Safety Staff Development Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Serious Games; Team Research; Teams; Simulations; Game Engines Education; Training; Humans; Men; Women; Behavior; Task Performance; Workers; Work Environment; Work Performance; Worker Motivation; Workplace Studies;
• ISSN:
  2384-8766
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  41-55
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064838
• Citation:
  Int J Serious Games 2017 Mar; 4(1):41-55
• Contact Point Address:
  Michael D. Coovert, University of South Florida
• Email:
  coovert@mail.usf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Serious Games
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:45fa41f276da58cf18a475c2941d5830f26d3a7d85e85753b0002fe79d83d5b2c839cd854be3093ea55169a8175404ad14fc129f4689fdac5074ab4cdea28a2f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249251/cdc_249251_DS1.pdf
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