SERIOUS GAME MARKET

Serious Games revenues are racing along on a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.2% globally, suggesting the industry will more than double to $8.1 billion by 2022, according to Metaari, the foremost analyst firm covering the market.  In 2017, global revenues will hit $3.2 billion, just for off-the-shelf products. Sam Adkins , CEO, Metaari - Advanced Learning Technology Research , will provide highlights of his 96 page 2017-2022 Global Game-based Learning Market Report to attendees Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at Serious Play Conference , the annual gathering of the thought leaders in the industry, this year hosted by George Mason University . Eight game-based learning buying segments are analyzed in the report: consumers, preschools, primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary and higher education institutions, federal government agencies, provincial/state and local government agencies, and corporations .  The report also lists more than 300 supplier...

Legends of Learning Founder Vadim Polikov partnered with Vanderbilt University to conduct “Substantial Integration of Typical Educational Games into Extended Curricula,” a research study that explores actual implementations of short curricula games in the classroom (please find also The Case For Short-Form, Low-Cost Educational Serious Games ). The study was published in the Journal of the Learning Sciences (JLS), a leading educational research journal and one of the two official journals of the International Society of the Learning Sciences . The study is the first of its kind to produce deep, wide-ranging, and statically significant data across a large variety of game types. It not only validates curriculum-based games, but it does so in a large, multi-state, diverse study cohort over a significant time period. The research study shows that when used as part of the curriculum, simple standards-aligned games increase lesson retention and student engagement, and improve...

TD Digital Service Hero from TD Bank, developed by Launchfire , has won silver honors in the 2017 International Serious Play Awards competition in the Corporate category. TD Bank wanted to improve digital adoption and fluency among their customer base. However, because employees don't need to be TD customers and aren't allowed to use their mobile devices while at work, most weren't familiar with TD's digital offering. As a result, TD needed to engage their employees as on the value of their digital products, before asking them to sell it to customers. TD Digital Service Hero works as a single, impressive platform for TD’s employees to become familiar with the bank’s digital products and convert them to digital offering evangelists. By incentivizing players to experience the new market offering in a variety of contextual game-based learning settings through its different training modules (Digital Champion Quest, Role Playing and Simulations), the game q...

LOS ANGELES - June 19, 2017 - Nine commercial "Serious Games" and academic institution led studios won gold in the International Serious Play Awards   this year, a competition honoring outstanding digital  games designed for education or training .  Entry categories included  Corporate, Government/Military, Healthcare, K-6 Education, 7-12 Education, Higher Education and Museums. "The winning games were high quality and very innovative this year. We had many close categories," Sue Bohle, executive director, Serious Play Conference, award sponsor, said. Winners this year are: Gold Business Battle  from Wrainbo (Corporate) Child Witness Interview Simulator  for UK Police developed by HighSkillz with The Open University UK (Corporate) Strike Group Defender  from the Office of Naval Research, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Pipeworks Studio and Metateq (Government/Military) DragonBox BIG Numbers  from WeWantToKnow AS (K-6 Ed) Sim Cell ...

Image credit: middle school classroom from Mursion Mursion , Inc. develops competency-based simulations addressing the set of skills that a teacher candidate must master before entering the classroom. Utilizing a unique blend of artificial intelligence and live human performance to deliver powerful and personalized learning simulations , Mursion ’s technology is being used by more than 65 universities to prepare preservice K-12 teachers for the challenges of teaching in today’s classrooms (please find also An Online Formative Assessment Math Serious Game For Preservice Teachers ).    The teacher-training program provides a virtual classroom, complete with middle school-age archetypes who demonstrate a wide range of personalities, learning styles and educational needs. As the real-life student teacher leads the class, the children respond accordingly, and the scene progresses. Once players access the space and stand in front of the room as the teacher, they can ...

Developed with the Institute of Play in New York City, the Woodrow Wilson HistoryQuest Fellowship offers professional development for middle and high school American history teachers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The program aims to use the power of games and digital tools to transform both teacher practice and student engagement. In the long term, it may also provide a new disciplinary resource for university-based teacher preparation (please find also K-12 Innovators To Update Use Of Serious Games In the Classroom At 2017 Serious Play ). HistoryQuest helps teachers who are selected as Fellows learn how to apply game design principles to foster inquiry-based learning. Fellows learn to tie games to the curriculum, integrate them into the classroom, create their own games, and assess learning outcomes. Inaugurated in 2016 with a group of New Jersey teachers, the transformative professional program has been expanded this year by the Woodrow ...

Future Goals - Hockey Scholar Program is a hybrid “Serious Game” and online STEM education program created by The Game Agency in partnership with Washington, D.C.-based EverFi to help students understand the real world applications of science and math principles, using the game of hockey as a learning vehicle. According to the developers, over the past decade, the number of available workers with strong STEM skills has not kept pace with the demand from the U.S. labor market. Studies suggest that teens lose interest in these critical topics by the tenth grade. Teachers have been facing an uphill struggle trying to compete for mindshare amidst the myriad of student activities and distractions. But teachers can use student interests from outside the classroom in their studies by changing the content delivery mechanism from traditional in-class learning to one which taps into teen passions, specifically video games and sports. In Future Goals , over the course of a simulated...

FutureSmart ™ , developed by EverFi , is a “Serious Game” to help students navigate the complex modern financial world (please find also Serious Games Help Students Make Better Personal Financial Decisions and Serious Games Help Students Build A Positive Credit History ). In the simulated adventure, students control the family purse strings and make spending decisions starting at buying school supplies in level one to enjoying the fruits of their labor during retirement in lucky level thirteen. It follows a story-based narrative that pushes students to set their own personal goals and make real-life, personal financial decisions. The surveys and assessments in each module displays students knowledge gains throughout the “Serious Game” and provide insight into their shifts in behavior and attitude. The pertinent financial information FutureSmar t provides students, allows them confidently and effectively enter today’s financial world. In addition to the in-classroom co...

The University of Arizona (UA) has officially licensed to startup Desert Saber LLC a new “Serious Game” for coal mine safety training titled Harry’s Hard Choices .   The game was developed at UA Lowell Institute for Mineral Resources (IMR), a research institute that addresses challenges critically important to modern mining. More than 200 university researchers collaborate across 27 disciplines on pioneering projects to advance sustainable development of mineral resources. This institute partners with industry experts around the globe and has educated professionals in 27 countries to improve management across the entire mining cycle. With the expansion and diversification of the mining industry workforce, trainers have identified a growing need for new and more versatile training materials. Toward this end, UA has developed MineSafe , a new platform that is being used to create “Serious Games" for mine safety education. The objectives of this platform are three-f...