15 barcelona synergy-romero-r01
-
Upload
margarida-romero -
Category
Education
-
view
151 -
download
0
Transcript of 15 barcelona synergy-romero-r01
Intergenerational game
creation Margarida Romero, Université Laval
10 June 2015, Barcelona
Background and introduction
• ACT Project www.actproject.ca
– Funded by Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC)
– 2013-2021
• Silver Gaming working group within the ACT projet
– http://actproject.ca/working-groups/
Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) • a research project comprised of
researchers, students, community and institutional partners from Canada, USA, Spain, Peru, United Kingdom, Finland, The Netherlands, Romania, Malaysia…
• together, we are investigating how to address the transformation of aging experiences in networked societies
Silver Gaming working group • Aims: identifying different
types of digital game activities among elderly including:
• (1) intergenerational learning;
• (2) cognitive maintenance; (3) well-being;
• (4) entertainment, creativity and serious fun!
Silver Gaming Group activities:
Intergenerational game creation
Senior participant (50+) Acting as Narrative director,
(s)he shares a life experience related to the Social Sciences
curriculum.
Secondary level students Acting as Multimedia directors,
(s)he creates a digital life narrative (Open Educational
Resource)
Digital creativity; Social participation;
Heritage preservation
Learning by real life stories; Learning by
creating OER
Intergenerational learning through play (Davis, Larkin, & Graves, 2002) and
digital creation. Participatory design of digital games (Blat et al., 2012; Vanden
Abeele & Van Rompaey, 2006).
Creating computer-based life
narratives
Research supported by Ageing + Communication + Technology www.actproject.ca
@MargaridaROMERO