{"id":1592,"date":"2011-02-28T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T22:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:52:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:52:28","slug":"serious-game-classification-the-online-classification-of-serious-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/02\/28\/serious-game-classification-the-online-classification-of-serious-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious Game Classification : The online classification of Serious Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>This came across the Serious Games list today and I thought it was worth sharing:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/serious.gameclassification.com\/EN\/index.html\">Serious Game Classification : The online classification of Serious Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This just came across the serious games list and may be of interest.<\/p>\n<p>This is a new site that catalogs and classifies serious games on the net. This site includes all Serious Games though, and not just educational games. There are currently 2225 games listed.<\/p>\n<p>People are forever looking for examples of serious games they can show to people and describe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/serious.gameclassification.com\/EN\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Marketing-CoPilot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a very superficial look, this site seems quite promising.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-1592'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1592);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(1592);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(1592);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>This came across the Serious Games list today and I thought it was worth sharing: Serious Game Classification : The online classification of Serious Games. This just came across the serious games list and may be of interest. This is &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/02\/28\/serious-game-classification-the-online-classification-of-serious-games\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,12,14,24],"tags":[121,76],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-games","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-internet-resource","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-pG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2767,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/13\/theories-of-games-and-interaction-for-design-2-education-vs-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":1592,"position":0},"title":"Theories of Games and Interaction for Design (2: Education vs Learning)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a re-posting of my reflection for the first course of the Graduate Certificate Program in Serious Game Design and Research at Michigan State University. Please note: these posts are not intended as any kind of commentary on or assessment of the course I'm taking, or its instructor, OR\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sg-taxonomy-1024x535.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sg-taxonomy-1024x535.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/sg-taxonomy-1024x535.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2983,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/10\/14\/game-taxonomies-are-a-mess-and-other-classification-exercises\/","url_meta":{"origin":1592,"position":1},"title":"Game Taxonomies Are a Mess, and Other Classification Exercises","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"One of our assigned readings in my Theories of Games and Interaction for Design course this week has got me thinking again about game taxonomies. Lieberman, D. (2012). Designing digital games, social media, and mobile technologies to motivate and support health behavior change. In R. E. Rice & C. K.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6750,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/02\/03\/whats-the-difference-between-serious-games-educational-games-and-game-based-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":1592,"position":2},"title":"What&#8217;s the difference between serious games, educational games, and game-based learning?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"February 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This question keeps coming up. Here's a handy table to help. This is an updated version of the table I created back in 2015. Note: This image is not to be posted anywhere or re-used without my written permission. Citation: Becker, K. (Feb 3, 2018).\u00a0What's the difference between serious games,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/game-gbl-gamification-2-1024x758.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/game-gbl-gamification-2-1024x758.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/game-gbl-gamification-2-1024x758.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4164,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/08\/09\/comparing-gamification-serious-games-and-simulations\/","url_meta":{"origin":1592,"position":3},"title":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"August 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing Gamification, Serious Games and Simulations. \u00a0 My last post complained about being shut down on several LinkedIn groups because I disagreed with the poster. This is one of the articles that apparently needed to be protected by flagging my post. This group defines gamification, serious games, and simulation like\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BU072083","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BU072083-269x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6754,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/02\/04\/whats-the-difference-between-serious-games-educational-games-and-game-based-learning-episode-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1592,"position":4},"title":"What\u2019s the difference between serious games, educational games, and game-based learning? Episode 2","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"February 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently posted a table explaining the differences between games, serious games, educational, games, GBL, etc. \u00a0 I thought a concrete example might help to understand the distinctions. Say we are using\u00a0The Parable of the Polygons\u00a0to help a high school class learn about diversity. This is a wonderful little game\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/game-gbl-gamification-2.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7080,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/10\/12\/serious-games-and-the-role-of-gaming-beyond-entertainment-calgary-journal-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":1592,"position":5},"title":"&#8220;Serious&#8221; games and the role of gaming beyond entertainment &#8211; Calgary Journal Online","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"October 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"By Jasper McGregor | jmcgregor@cjournal.ca Oct 11, 2018 Video games are changing as rapidly as our reliance on them, serving functions that go well beyond entertainment and escapism. Just ask Katrin Becker, a Calgary-based expert on \"serious games,\" or games created to serve a purpose larger than simple recreation. 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