Gaming Practices Research Articles

Gamification resources in education: A theoretical approach

Introduction. The modern education system has undergone serious changes in recent years – the content of educational programmes is being revised; electronic, mixed, mobile learning is being actively introduced; the practical activities of future specialists are being strengthened. The use of computer networks, web applications, and interactive services makes education more accessible, stimulating the cognitive interests of students, increasing motivation for education. One of the most significant innovative trends in modern education is gamification, which is most often considered as a system that uses components of computer games in non-gaming situations. Aim. The current research aims to analyse the conceptual foundations of gamification in education, to determine a system of tools that can present unique opportunities for gamification, features of its promising use for turning into an innovative experience in the development of higher professional education. Methodology and research methods. The study of the problem of gamification involves the analysis of pedagogical and psychological literature of foreign and Russian authors; systematisation and generalisation of pedagogical concepts, practice-oriented materials, and facts. The gamification methodology includes systematic, personality-oriented, activity-based approaches. An attempt is made to determine the components of the gamification system and their role in the organisation of modern education. The analysis of gamification resources makes it possible to identify approaches to increase motivation and involvement of students, and, in addition, to find out ways to include elements of game design (task definition, feedback, levels, creativity), computer games in the educational environment. On the basis of a personality-oriented approach, the influence of gaming technologies on the development of student personality is considered. The activity approach makes it possible to identify the basics of the organisation and management of the activities of subjects of education, to establish the features of the use of educational technologies, practices and methodological techniques. The activity-based approach in the context of gamification determines an active, ever-increasing activity as a source of personal development of students. Results. In the course of the research, the theoretical foundations of the use of gamification in modern higher education were formulated; tools for the prospective inclusion of gaming practices in the training system were identified; mechanisms of internal and external motivation of students, regulation of the behaviour of future specialists when using game elements were identified. Scientific novelty. The concept of gamification of education is part of the concept of the game and reflects the current trends in the development of education based on the strategy and tactics of gaming activities, structured in a special way taking into account the resources of game principles, mechanics, methods and techniques. Gamified learning can become a leader in the process of training specialists using innovative practices, stimulating motivation, regulating behaviour, implementing ideas of friendly competition and creative cooperation in various educational contexts. Practical significance. In the context of determining the promising foundations for the development of modern higher education, the ideas of original technological support for personnel training are proposed. The implementation of practical measures to develop the involvement of students in the educational process, the regulation of motivation, behaviour and practical activities of students, emotional self-realisation, and the system of relationships will contribute to improving the quality of education in higher education. An important result of the study was the conclusion about the expedient combination of traditional and innovative options for conducting training sessions with students, the inclusion of a variety of gaming practices in the educational process.

Budget Gaming, Superior Trust and Budget Emphasis: The Moderating Effect of Personality (Evidence from Retail Company in Indonesia)

This research was conducted to obtain empirical evidence on the practice of budgetary gaming. Many researchers say that budgetary gaming is an unethical practice and often occurs in practice. This unethical practice is allegedly influenced by budget emphasis and trust. In this study, the personality factor used, namely greed, will be tested as a moderating factor in the relationship between trust and budget emphasis on budget gaming. This research was conducted on retail companies registered in APRINDO (Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association) with middle management respondents. The amount of data that has been collected and can be processed is 96 data. For data processing, SEM is used with the help of SmartPLS software. The results show that budget emphasis has a positive effect on budgetary gaming. Trust has a negative effect on budgetary gaming, and greed is proven to moderate budget emphasis and trust on budgetary gaming. The implications of this research can be a reference for the business world related to the design and use of a budget that can overcome gaming behaviour on a budget.Keywords: budgetary gaming, trust, budget emphasis, personality, greed

EFEITOS DO TREINAMENTO NA PRAIA SOBRE A FORÇA DOS JOGADORES DE BASQUETE

ABSTRACT Introduction: The characteristics of basketball require excellent players with athletic abilities such as high explosive strength for the instantaneous jump up, flexible movements and quick changes of direction, and accurate passing and shooting. These characteristics can also be found in beach games, and it is believed that the practice of these games can benefit the practice of basketball. Objective: Explore the effect of beach training on the physical fitness of basketball players. Methods: Through a randomized controlled trial, 24 basketball players were selected to analyze the explosive power of the lower extremity in the 40m sprint race and in the vertical jump, two representative indicators of the explosive power of the lower limbs. The group teaching experiment was conducted for 17 weeks, five times a week. Results: The comparison in the statistical test of the 40m sprint, and the vertical jump before and after the experiment proves that, compared with the traditional practice of basketball, the practice of beach games has a beneficial effect on improving the explosive power of the lower limbs. Conclusion: Beach sports training has benefits for basketball practice; the characteristics on the beach basketball court and the playing characteristics of the athletes determined this. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

Геймификация как нарастающий тренд в сфере высшего образования: перспективы и проблемы

The article deals with the phenomenon of gamification and the problems of im­plementing game practices in higher education. Based on the information about consumer habits, style features of behavior, etc., gamification becomes a fairly effective IT tool that contributes to achieving the goals of one or another project by way of constructing artificially player motivation, i.e., in fact, programming for a certain behavior pattern. The paper notes that the Western trend of mass in­clusion of games and game technologies in curricula has become a significant reference point for domestic educational policy, and gamification is now dis­cussed as a new, alternative way of organizing learning in educational institu­tions of our country, which allows to significantly influence student behavior and the effectiveness of learning outcomes. Analyzing possible consequences and trying to take into account the explicit and latent risks, the author concludes that the most alarming trend of gamification implementation in the educational process is the creation of unprecedented opportunities for collecting data on student be­havior in the digital educational space. Tracking reactions and psychoemotional state of young people in the course of gamified learning, the use of artificial in­telligence technologies, neural networks, the use of learning action analysis tech­nologies, digital footprint analysis – all these may help to build and improve the behavior management strategy required by customers. Here we see the pro­spects of making a testing range for large-scale work to create additional means of control, standardization and correction with the view to improve the tech­niques of manipulating the consciousness and behavior of the masses of people. In the author’s opinion, the transformation of learning into a computer game will promote not only a significant deformation of the inner meaning of pedagogics, but also the transformation of student youth into an object of various manipu­lations using the high-human methodology, which widely applies the tools of smart technology.

РАЗВИТИЕ ФИЗИЧЕСКОГО ПОТЕНЦИАЛА СТУДЕНТОВ С ИНВАЛИДНОСТЬЮ ЧЕРЕЗ ЗАНЯТИЯ НАСТОЛЬНЫМИ И НАПОЛЬНЫМИ СПОРТИВНЫМИ ИГРАМИ

Stimulating students with disabilities to engage in adaptive physical culture is oneof the main tasks facing university administrations, along with support in the educational space. Theexisting deep violations, the lack of proper attention on the part of physical education teachers toinclude these students in the process of physical education, predetermine the already well-establishedopinion among special students entering the university that their lot is only attending lecturesand writing essays. The article discusses the organization of the educational process for studentswith disabilities, with various nosological forms, engaged in adaptive sports games. The purposeof the study was to compare the indicators of gaming skills in the two study groups. The basis forthe activation of physical development was the board sports game Jaccolo. The study involved 48students divided into an experimental group (24 people) with disabilities and a control group — 24normotypic students. The average age is 20, 4±1,93. During two semesters, the respondents of the1st group were actively engaged in elective courses of Jaccolo, using the sites of the TSU AdaptiveSports Games club, and also performed at various integrated regional and city mass sports events.Students of the 2nd group were only familiarized with the rules and techniques of the game at masterclasses and demonstration performances. We didn't have much gaming practice. The developedcurriculum allowed to motivate students to innovative forms of adaptive physical culture and leisureactivities. An individual approach, with metered loads, tutoring and volunteer support, to studentsin need, contributed to achieving certain results. The control results showed an increase of 29% inthe experimental group, where students with disabilities purposefully improved their playing skills,confirming it at various competitions, achieving good individual and team results. NSI classes allowyou to expand the boundaries of social integration, to believe in your own capabilities, to be one team,which in the future will help to overcome difficult life situations

The germans in the city: the image of theenemy in children's game practices (last quarter of the 20th century - beginning of the 21st century)

The germans in the city: the image of theenemy in children's game practices (last quarter of the 20th century - beginning of the 21st century)

O jogo teatral e a construção do conhecimento simbólico: do jogar à experiência significativa

Abstract This article aims to analyze the practice of the theater games by Viola Spolin (1906-1994) in her construction of the symbolic form and as a driver of meaningful experience (Dewey 1859-1952). The definition of symbolic form will be based on the writings of the philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) and the philosopher and educator Susana Langer (1895-1985). For these thinkers, the symbolic is presented as a fundamental element of knowledge and structuring of human culture in myth, religion, language, history, and art. The central problem of this research is based on theater-educational studies experienced by the authors, taking the practices of the theater games as a way of expanding knowledge for an integration of the being, as a cultural, social, and symbolic form being, in the construction of practices of significant acts in the world. Thus, the methodology used is the bibliographic review of the fundamental concepts of theater games in correlation with the construction of symbolic knowledge. We aim to understand art in the production of the symbolic context so that we can base the embodiment as a symbol. Such studies aim to promote the consummate experience of game practitioners in the theater-educational context, supported by the principle that the aesthetic experience played will enable the expansion of the player’s experience so that they can re-signify their world, building autonomy and knowledge of/in the aesthetic experience in a constant process of living and learning, forged in the webs of culture.

A mechanistic overview of gaming and mental health: towards bridging the gap between research and practice

The complex relationship between gaming and mental health has gained significant attention, revealing a complex interplay of positive and negative impacts. This comprehensive review explores three fundamental mechanisms shaping this relationship: coping and escapism, psychological needs fulfillment, and obsessive engagement. These mechanisms interact with key moderators such as stress, social interaction anxiety, loneliness, psychological resilience, and gender, amplifying or mitigating gaming\'s effects on mental well-being. Our mechanistic evaluation proposes a collaborative and evidence-based framework that can be an essential therapeutic modality. Future research should target the development of an integrative framework based on mechanisms elucidated in this review that will allow practitioners to connect research with practice guide interventions by fostering partnerships with stakeholders, which include the gaming industry, educators, parents, and caregivers. The approach ensures responsible gaming practices and well-being tools are integrated, offering a balanced compass to navigate the complex dynamics of gaming and mental health in an ever-evolving landscape.

ИГРОВЫЕ ПРАКТИКИ РУССКИХ СИМВОЛИСТОВ КАК РЕФЛЕКСИЯ НАД КИНЕМАТОГРАФИЧЕСКИМ ЯЗЫКОМ

The era of Russian Symbolism coincides with the period of cinematography penetration into urban everyday life. The new phenomenon needed to be comprehended. The verbally expressed layer of symbolists’ reflection on the nature of cinematography, expressed in fiction texts, articles and essays, was studied by N.M. Zorkaya, J.G. Tsivian and R. Bird. This article makes an attempt to analyze a nonverbalized type of reflection – symbolists’ mimetic game practices, where players bodily reproduced features of the cinematic experience. The sources of the research were the models of such game practices constructed by memoirists (A. Bely, L. Ivanova, V. Verigina, L. Ilyashenko). With the help of structuralist and semiotic methods, game gestures are analyzed as signifying game structures. It is established that their signified are disclosed as the problematization of 1) formal, structural and genre borders of film, 2) the phenomenon of voyeurism and the formative gaze of The Other, 3) the alienation of the actor’s body. The conclusion is made that at the time of the first decade of the 20th century the symbolists’ ideas about the nature of cinematic language were not yet clearly expressed, but existed in the form of a semantic conflict.

ИГРОВАЯ ПРАКТИКА НСИ КАК СПОСОБ КОРРЕКЦИИ ФИЗИЧЕСКОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ ИНКЛЮЗИВНОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ ЗАБАЙКАЛЬСКОГО КРАЯ

Higher inclusive education requires the use of a variety of strategies, forms and methods to ensure an accessible and comfortable educational environment, taking into account the equal cooperation of all students, including persons with special educational needs (OOP). For students with OOP, the structure of adaptive physical education classes is important, both from the point of view of physical and psychosocial adaptation. Accordingly, depending on the type of disability and the degree of its severity, various adapted forms of classes are needed. The inclusiveness of classes depends entirely on the professionalism of the teacher, who offers his entire set of skills and opportunities for communication and structured learning. It is necessary to provide for the inclusion in the educational process of innovative methods of conducting practical AFC classes that meet modern requirements and conditions, the availability of professional competencies of teachers in the field of inclusive education, as well as improving the organization of extracurricular sports and mass work. The technologies of inclusive physical education, active leisure, using adaptive table and floor sports games (NSI) used at ZabSU, in accordance with the competencies being formed, have already been well tested and are oriented to the individual needs and capabilities of students with OOP. NSI classes allow these students to improve their physical qualities, mobility, communication capabilities, the implementation of their plans in the development and improvement of personal potential and the achievement of certain results. Thus, students with disabilities of ZabSU are champions and prize-winners of the Trans-Baikal Territory in the games jaccolo, matryoshka and kulbutto. Thus, the improvement of approaches to optimizing AFC classes and inclusion in sports events, based on the assessment and analysis of motivational aspects of their involvement in the gaming practice of the NSI, is achievable with the integration of new opportunities, the development of proposed forms of activities in the structure of adaptive classes, accessible sports infrastructure, individual approach to students, as well as the availability of professional competencies. teachers in the field of inclusive education.

Taking a Dialogical Approach to Guiding Gaming Practices in a Non-Family Context

As the inclusion of youths in decision-making around their media use is increasingly normalized in the family context in the Global North, one could ask how media literacy support can be adjusted for youths in vulnerable situations, situations where their family cannot be involved in regulating their media use, such as gaming. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2021 with 13 unaccompanied refugee youths (16–25 years old) and 10 social actors working in eight organizations, this study investigates the gaming habits of such youths in Norway and the ways in which relevant social actors are involved in guiding their gaming practices. This study shows that social actors’ views on gaming vary according to their level of involvement in the youths’ housing arrangements. Whilst those working directly with such arrangements are involved in direct or indirect rule-setting for gaming practices, others struggle to find their role within this context. The youths, however, emphasize the importance of gaming in building relationships with other unaccompanied refugees, learning about the culture of socialization, and mitigating trauma. Moreover, there is a lack of a dialogical approach to welfare services’ regulation of these youths’ gaming practices. Employing such an approach could not only give these youths a voice but also expand gaming’s democratization ability beyond the family context.

An Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Video Gaming and the Relationship with Depression among University Students

Introduction: Video games which are electronic games played on a video screen, has the potential to be one of the leading causes of depression among youth. Since there are only few studies on the issue, this study identified the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) on the effects of video gaming on depression among International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) students and the correlation between them. Methods: A self-developed questionnaire, with four sections on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practice on depression and video games, was used to do a cross-sectional survey among 140 IIUM students. The level of KAP was evaluated using a descriptive frequency table. Pearson correlation test was used to determine the correlation. Results: The majority of the respondents had moderate level of knowledge (56.4%) and attitude (57.1%). For practice scores, the majority portrayed a poor level of it (73.6%). Only knowledge and attitude scores showed positive correlation (r = 0.440). Conclusion: This study showed that increasing knowledge on factors of excessive video gaming habits and factors that increases the risk for development of depression can be helpful in tackling the rising rate of depression among the youth in Malaysia.

Against Cultural Amnesia Through Optimizing The Role of The Youth Generation in Paloh Naga Agrotourism

This article aims to describe strengthening character and love of culture as an effort to fight cultural amnesia through various forms of creativity of the younger generation in Paloh Naga Agrotourism. The research method is an ethnographic method with a naturalistic approach. Collecting data through participatory observation, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and archiving folklore. The data analysis technique used Spradley ethnographic analysis with a series of analyzes processed using ATLAS.ti software. The research results are; Optimizing the role of the younger generation in cultivating positive characters around Paloh Naga Agrotourism through participation in art training in music, dance, and traditional theatre. While in the field of education, through participation in the Lingkaran Community Learning Activity Center, the program consists of Character Education, Cashier Education (Coastal Children's Area), Taqsir (Taqlimul Qur'an for Coastal Children), Community Reading Parks, and teaching at the Rehabilitation Workshop of the National Narcotics Agency, Deli Serdang District. Furthermore, efforts to fight cultural amnesia in the aspect of cultural love by participating in various activities related to folklore, namely oral folklore performances in the performance of the Paloh Naga Legend ballet, partially oral folklore performances in traditional dance and game practices, and non-verbal folklore training in the course of product exhibitions and traditional cuisine. Furthermore, the regeneration process of the younger generation in fighting cultural amnesia begins with participating in character and art education after fulfilling the requirements to become a volunteer-based on qualifications. Finally, the forms of creativity displayed by the younger generation, include preparing various folklore performances, creating creative dances, playing traditional music and traditional games to strengthen social interaction and the value of creativity, and creating various traditional cuisines.

Play Therapy with Digital Media Augmented Reality Cards to Improve Memory and Fine Motor Skills in Children

Introduction: The development and support of digital technology have provided new opportunities to provide learning in the form of interesting educational games for early childhood. Because children are closely related to games, digital educational games are a strategic step to provide new experiences in learning, especially to improve children's memory and fine motor skills. Purpose: The purpose of this community service is to carry out play therapy using card media with Augmented Reality which children have never done before. Methods: Play therapy activities focused on school-age children are carried out by lecturers and a group of students from the D3 Nursing Study Program STIKes Muhammadiyah Ciamis. The method in play therapy activities uses simulation methods and direct practice in games using Augmented Reality card media. Location This service was held at SDN 1 Kalipucang Pangandaran with 20 students participating. Results: This community service activity can illustrate how play therapy improves fine motor skills and memory in early childhood by using the Augmented Reality card approach that is displayed on the cellphone screen and changes from a 2-dimensional image to a 3-dimensional image. The children became very enthusiastic and became very curious about what kind of images would appear from the Augmented Reality cards they held. The overall age of children is (6-13 years) and in this game, they have memory and fine motor skills that are quite good according to their developmental age. Conclusion: During the play therapy activities, it was successful and it was concluded that children were able to remember and know what type of cards and objects or creatures they were exploring with the help of a smartphone screen.

Игровое взаимодействие – инструмент режиссера театрализованных представлений и праздников

The presented work reflects the process of programming game and interactive practices within the framework of the festive presentation. There are points of contact between psychological gaming practices and the theory of directing theatrical performances and holidays and the pairing of various functions of the game with the theory of conflict construction as the basis of action. The mechanisms and algorithms found make it possible to recreate the entire process of creating a festive game performance within the framework of a scientific approach.

The nature and features of the implementation of gamification as a systematic and specific game practice into the educational sphere

Based on the conducted content analysis of the definition of gamification in educational and non-educational contexts the author defines gamification. The main components of gamification are highlighted and described; they are game mechanics; game dynamics; game aesthetics, social interaction, and game elements. The principles of the implementation of gamification into the educational, organizational and management processes of an educational institution are articulated: the principle of instant feedback; the principle of convergence with interactive technologies; the principle of the fun component importance; the principle of versatility of interactive information users environment; the principle of versatility of the form; the principle of interaction; the principle of the social component importance; the principle of visualization; the principle of the narrative component importance; the principle of content segmentation and gradual complexity of tasks. The features of gamification implementation into the educational sphere are also highlighted, which are important to take into account both in the educational and management aspects. Eventually, the common substantive characteristics of gamification and interactive technologies which are used within the educational sphere have been identified; they are: changing the perception of evaluation procedures used in the learning process; simultaneous consideration of the needs of different education subjects; assistance in developing the reflective and self-evaluative skills of students; boosting the level of motivation of education subjects within the conducting either educational or professional activity, etc.

Телекоммуникационные средства связи как фактор изменения социальных практик студенческой молодежи

The article examines the transformation of social practices of using mobile phones by students. Two areas of manifestation of social practices were the focus of the authors' research: the daily life of students and the learning process. The article provides an overview of the works of foreign and domestic authors who have made a significant contribution to the study of the transformation of social practices of using mobile phones in everyday life. The methodological basis of the article is the theory of media as a continuation of M. McLuhan's man, which is supplemented by the constructivist theories of I. Hoffman, P. Berger, T. Lukman, which made it possible to trace the transformation of social practices of using mobile phones. Social practices are daily actions and routine actions that do not require explanation, performed in a familiar way in everyday life. The research method was the focus group (N=32), the informants were students of Volgograd State University; the time of the study: December 2021 – March 2022. The study allowed us to conclude: the first mobile phones performed the function of movement control, were used as toys, initiating individual and group gaming practices. The presence/ absence of a modern game or a phone model made it possible to use power resources, move through the steps of the social hierarchy in the school team. Currently, students use mobile phones for oral communication, but visual and written communication practices are no less popular. The usual social practice using a smartphone is listening to music, communicating on social networks and messengers, sending messages, watching videos. Modern mobile phone applications allow you to turn it into a professional earning tool, facilitate everyday life, accompany the learning process. A modern mobile phone has become a "part of a person", to forget it is to lose touch with the world. The presence of a smartphone is perceived as a necessity for everyday life, leisure, work and education. A special style of communication has developed among students, unthinkable without the use of modern telecommunication means, namely a smartphone.

Political communications and game mechanics

The article overviews the issue of interaction and mutual influence of political communications and game mechanics. Gamification of politics is postulated as a basis for understanding new forms of civil and political activity emerged in the digital age. The presented overview of research literature defines that gaming technologies, as a set of methods and techniques, influence the behavior of modern users by overcoming their passivity and involving them into political and civil processes. The paper discusses theoretical approaches to the study of digital gamification: sociological, cultural, and political economic. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the political communication - through the prism of gamification - along with digital media having characteristics of a new political subject. Separately the work considers election campaigns and the impact that new technologies and gaming practices have on the political activity of citizens.

Attention and Motor skill improvements in Mild Cognitive Impairment patients using COSMA Application

Serious games have grown rapidly to provide cognitive stimulation for people with cognitive impairment. In this endeavour, we have created the COSMA games. In this two-arm study with patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), we investigated information processing speed and cognitive skills with 28 days of use of COSMA games, a brain stimulation gaming platform. We measured reaction times during neuropsychological assessment with the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery and the COSMA games. Results showed that people with MCI who played COSMA for 28 days at home were faster in 48% of the COSMA games and the Control group which played only during the laboratory visits was faster in 20% of the COSMA games at the end of the study. Overall, these outcomes showed evidence that motor skill practice and learning retention are possible in people with MCI and that these skills are still able to improve with the regular practice of the COSMA games.

Analog Role-Playing Game Studies: A Brazilian Overview

This paper aims to present an overview of analog role-playing games in Brazil.For this, it uses a mixed method that includes bibliographic research and document analysis in an autoethnographic perspective. The results from these different methodological approaches, which are evocative rather than exhaustive, are divided into two aspects: first, they present a briefhistory ofboth publications and the idiosyncrasies of the practice oflarps and tabletop role-playing games in Brazil; second, they seek to synthesize the academic perspectives observed in the field of analog role-playing game studies, privileging the main disciplines of study, as well as themes, addressed by Brazilianresearch. Thus, this paper seeks to serve as a summary of the Brazilian framework, to facilitate future dialogues. In this sense, it is more of a signal for international dialogue than an exhaustive mapping of Brazilian intellectual production regarding studies of analog role-playing games. This survey shows that several of the issues that permeate the Brazilian scene are common to other parts of the world and that, sometimes, because our intellectual production is available in Portuguese, we isolate ourselves from broader discussions. There are also problematic, endogenous patterns regarding the practice of analog role-playing games: there is a lack of documentation, which makes the sources for research scarce. Regarding the research itself, it is inferred that there is a lack of articulation among Brazilian researchers who, isolated, do not exchange knowledge among themselves.