Serious Game Prototype

This course is a project where non-academic organisations/ industrial companies’ gives assignments students are going to solve in international and multidisciplinary teams. The assignments given are within the field of eXerGaming (serious games and welfare Technology).

The student - are able to work in international, multidisciplinary teams develop team-building skills required to support successful performance - are able to design and develop an exergame-prototype - are able to communicate with customers and analyse their needs - are able to identify creative and innovative solutions for a given problem - are able to integrate Human Centered Design Process into a project

The course starts with a kick-off week, during this students form international, multidisciplinary teams containing students from both healthcare and different IT-disciplines (design, developer, safety). Non-academic organisations/ industrial companies gives each team an assignment within the field of exergaming. The rest of the period students work distributed and communicate through online collaboration tools. The course ends with a gathering where they present their serious game-prototype. Time schedule: Kick-off week: 2-6. October 2017 (at Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Netherland) Presentations: late January 2018 (Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany)