Definition
SGs are video games, which are mental competitions played with a computer in accordance with specific rules that use entertainment to enhance education, corporate training, health, public policy, and strategic communication (Connolly et al. 2012).
SOGs are online community games, which are concerned with affective learning outcomes to change not only perceptions, but also behaviors and attitudes through awareness raising on various policy issues (Fishbein and Ajzen 1975). SOGs may even aim at transforming the participants’ mindset along with emotions so that they become more open-minded, humanitarian, and self-reflective primarily in their own environment, such as workplace, school, or household.
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Online games have been gaining increasing attention lately since computer technology has provided new opportunities for mobile learning. Playing online games that are embedded in social...
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Yüksel, M. (2024). Serious Online Games for Engaged Learning Through Flow. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23161-2_227
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