Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:23:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Magdalena Vila Uribe.pdf: 1702954 bytes, checksum: 44b602e7b82e05aaf10062ce9bae98f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-17 / The growing usage of games in training and development area indicates that organizations demand for changes and new technologies capable of fostering an involving, pleasant and stimulating apprenticeship environment. Meanwhile, every day companies receive more and more collaborators who have grown up in a digital world, full of mobile electronic devices that allow the access to information anytime, anywhere. This dissertation has as its objective to examine both the theoretical and practical subsidies for the creation of a training game in this case, a corporative electronic game at distance modality and is based on a qualitative investigation (using specific bibliography) as well as on the experience of professionals who work in this area (obtained through interviews in order to know how they develop games). After an initial contextualization, the research presents a brief overview of the technological trends in education, the usage of games in corporate training and development area and aligns some of the concepts used in trainings, such as experience, group dynamics, play and game. After that, it refers to perception and interactivity aspects in teaching / learning scope according to the complex thought and investigates authors who deal with games creation, presenting the result of the investigation performed along with the developers of this kind of game in order to understand the market practices. The study of some theoretical and practical aspects for the creation of a training game allow us to understand important criteria in the development of this kind of game, such as how to invest in initial data survey, get to know many different games in order to widen up the view about mechanics and narratives, present a riveting challenge to the players, guarantee that the foreseen mechanics is able to achieve the pedagogical objective of the game and allow that the activity fosters moments of exploration and exchanges, stimulating the collaborative construction of knowledge / A crescente utilização de jogos na área de treinamento e desenvolvimento indica que as organizações demandam por mudanças e novidades tecnológicas capazes de propiciar um ambiente de aprendizagem envolvente, agradável e estimulante. Ao mesmo tempo, cada vez mais as empresas recebem colaboradores que cresceram em um mundo digital, repleto de dispositivos móveis que possibilitam o acesso à informação a qualquer hora e em qualquer lugar. Esta dissertação tem como objetivo examinar os subsídios teóricos e práticos para a criação de um training game jogo eletrônico empresarial na modalidade a distância com base na investigação de cunho qualitativo (utilizando de bibliografia específica), acrescida da experiência de profissionais que atuam na área (obtida por meio de entrevistas para saber como desenvolvem games). Após uma contextualização inicial, o trabalho apresenta um breve panorama das tendências tecnológicas na área de educação, trata do uso de jogos na área de treinamento e desenvolvimento organizacional e alinha conceitos utilizados nos treinamentos, como vivência, dinâmica de grupo, jogo e game. Em seguida, aborda aspectos da percepção e da interatividade no âmbito do ensino / aprendizagem à luz do pensamento complexo e investiga autores que tratam de criação de games, apresentando o resultado da investigação realizada junto a desenvolvedores deste tipo de jogo para conhecer as práticas de mercado. O estudo de alguns aspectos teóricos e práticos para criação de um training game permite alinhavar critérios importantes no desenvolvimento deste tipo de jogo, tais como investir no levantamento inicial de dados, conhecer muitos games para ampliar a visão sobre mecânicas e narrativas, apresentar um desafio instigante para os jogadores, garantir que a mecânica prevista seja capaz de atingir o objetivo pedagógico do game e permitir que a atividade propicie momentos de exploração e de trocas, estimulando a construção conjunta do conhecimento

The general theme of this thesis was the use of linked open data for a creation of games. This thesis specifically addressed the issue of usage of DBpedia for automatic question generation suitable for use in games. Within that are proposed suitable ways of selecting wanted objects from DBpedia and ways of obtaining and processing relevant information from them. Including a method for estimating renown of individual objects. Some of methods are then applied to create a program for a question generation from the data obtained through DBpedia during the run of the application. The real possibility of using these questions generated from DBpedia for gaming purposes is subsequently proved by the design, prototype and tests of a knowledge strategic multiplayer game. The paper also summarizes all the major issues and possible complications from using the data obtained through DBpedia or DBpedia Live endpoints. Current challenges and opportunities for mutual utilization of games and LOD are also briefly discussed.

In 2012 and 2014, two hashtags, #1ReasonWhy and #GamerGate, exposed a highly sexist video game industry that was not welcoming female participation. This was affecting women working or wanting to work in it. Feminist technoscience studies explain this phenomenon by applying theories concerning the masculine domination of our society and the perception of women as “others.” Despite the numerous challenges and struggling for inclusion, women still create video games, many as independents, taking advantage of free game engines. Hence, my aim in this thesis was to understand the interconnections between technology, specifically in the video game industry, and its social impact. I focus on the balance of male and female participation in the video game creation, the role of game engines, and the enablers and inhibitors for female inclusion, as an important component of decision making for organizational change in this industry. I conducted an inductive qualitative research approach with eight semi-structured interviews with female video game creators from the Latin American region. My findings reveal that using free/affordable technology, such as game engines, is not enough to guarantee female inclusion in the video game industry. This industry is resistant to change and tends to reinforce male predominance by hiring only a specific type of worker that matches the perfect gamer, usually young males. The participation of women in the video game creation teams (which include developers, designers, artists, testers, among others) would bring balance, diversity, new voices and fresh/new ideas, as well as women empowerment to the table. In addition, eleven inhibitors and eight enablers were identified as factors for female inclusion in the video game industry.