Experimental Research: Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability

Uyen Phuong Nguyen; Philip Hallinger

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-09959-5_9

Experimental Research: Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability

Uyen Phuong Nguyen
, Philip Hallinger

Educational Leadership and Management

Mahidol University

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6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

A review of experimental studies accounts for the effectiveness of simulation-based learning in generating behavior and other variables towards sustainability. A set of 35 studies from 1997–2019 was derived from the bibliometric database on simulations and serious games (SSG) featuring education for sustainable development (ESD). Key findings highlighted the effects of SSG on sustainable variables. The SSG featured in experiments focused on either multiple or single dimensions of sustainability and appeared in academic, household and workplace settings. The experiments are overweighed with quasi-experimental designs, indicating the challenges to achieve random assignments. The majority of the simulation gaming interventions showed significant effects on knowledge, attitude and behavior towards sustainability. Interpreting the effects requires clear evidence, particularly when effect size indicators were likely to be ignored or skipped. Future researchers must use appropriate analytical tools and justify key results to achieve statistically significant effects of SSG on outcome variables.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gaming, Simulation and Innovations
Subtitle of host publication	Challenges and Opportunities - 52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Upinder Dhar, Jigyasu Dubey, Vinod Dumblekar, Sebastiaan Meijer, Heide Lukosch
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	101-114
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9783031099588
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09959-5_9
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 6 Sept 2021 → 10 Sept 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13219 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	6/09/21 → 10/09/21

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Planned behavior
Pretest-posttest design
Quasi-experimental research
Simulation-based learning
Triple-bottom line

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Nguyen, U. P., & Hallinger, P. (2022). Experimental Research: Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability. In U. Dhar, J. Dubey, V. Dumblekar, S. Meijer, & H. Lukosch (Eds.), Gaming, Simulation and Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities - 52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 101-114). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13219 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09959-5_9

Nguyen, Uyen Phuong ; Hallinger, Philip. / Experimental Research : Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability. Gaming, Simulation and Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities - 52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Upinder Dhar ; Jigyasu Dubey ; Vinod Dumblekar ; Sebastiaan Meijer ; Heide Lukosch. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. pp. 101-114 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Nguyen, UP & Hallinger, P 2022, Experimental Research: Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability. in U Dhar, J Dubey, V Dumblekar, S Meijer & H Lukosch (eds), Gaming, Simulation and Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities - 52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 13219 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 101-114, 52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021, Virtual, Online, 6/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09959-5_9

Experimental Research: Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability. / Nguyen, Uyen Phuong; Hallinger, Philip.
Gaming, Simulation and Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities - 52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Upinder Dhar; Jigyasu Dubey; Vinod Dumblekar; Sebastiaan Meijer; Heide Lukosch. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2022. p. 101-114 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13219 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Nguyen UP, Hallinger P. Experimental Research: Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability. In Dhar U, Dubey J, Dumblekar V, Meijer S, Lukosch H, editors, Gaming, Simulation and Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities - 52nd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2021, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2022. p. 101-114. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-09959-5_9

Experimental Research: Simulations and Serious Games for Sustainability

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