A role playing game to address future water management issues in a large irrigated system: Experience from Mali

Hertzog, Thomas; Poussin, Jean-Christophe; Tangara, Bréhima; Kouriba, Indé; Jamin, Jean-Yves

doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.003

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“…This is in line with the stated goals of adaptive governance, to provide collaborative, flexible and learning-based approaches to wicked or complex problems (Olsson et al 2006). These might include protracted or emerging stakeholder conflict over resource use, such as tensions between methods of use and distribution of benefits (Etienne 2003, Dung et al 2009, Hertzog et al 2014. Problems may also involve overuse or mismanagement of resources, leading to environmental degradation.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…To enhance their relevance for applied problemsolving and support decision-making, a number of RPGS seek to reflect participants' reality as closely as possible (Dionnet et al 2008, Dung et al 2009. Many of the games relied on community-based participatory action research, working with participants to diagnose problems and assess and analyse relationships between actors and environments (Ducrot 2008, Souchère et al 2010, Morardet et al 2012, Hertzog et al 2014, Speelman et al 2014. While potentially labourintensive and time-consuming, a community-based approach has the dual benefit of targeted bottom-up knowledge production and enhancing a game's legitimacy by engaging community members in the research process sooner rather than later.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Tools for adaptive governance for complex social-ecological systems: a review of role-playing-games as serious games at the community-policy interface

Edwards

Sharma-Wallace²,

Wreford

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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The management of natural resources-from forests to fisheries to freshwater-is becoming increasingly complex and requires new tools and processes for engaging with individuals, communities, and decision-makers. Policy makers and practitioners have begun using serious games (SGs) (those used for purposes other than entertainment) to overcome some of the complex challenges of governing resources in social-ecological systems. This paper uses a systematic literature review methodology to assess role-playing SGs for natural resource management. Fifty-two articles from the role-playing game (RPG) subset of SGs are identified, synthesised and analysed using a multi-criteria evaluation framework. First, we explore three theoretical and conceptual elements of games: principles of RPGs, functions of games, and (practical) game characteristics. We evaluate game elements, including game design, adherence to reality and the degree to which games integrate elements of participatory-and action research. These dimensions of RPGs are then analysed and discussed. Particular attention is paid to the value and application of RPGs to address complex problems with interacting environmental, social, cultural and economic challenges, and the extent to which they can inform adaptive governance solutions. Results show that RPGs can be a valuable tool at different levels; however, we also identify important gaps in the current state of knowledge, in particular, related to bridging community-and higher-level decision-making scales through RPGs.

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Tools for adaptive governance for complex social-ecological systems: a review of role-playing-games as serious games at the community-policy interface

Edwards

Sharma-Wallace²,

Wreford

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…Some MSG have been used effectively however as intervention method with local stakeholders at a community level, for instance with local farmers or fishermen in rural areas of developing countries. See for a few examples: [33,36,40,41].…”

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“…There is a considerable and fast-growing list of research publications where MSG have been used for IWRM (e.g., [3,10,12,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]). There are a few observations that can be taken from this literature.…”

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Models, Simulations and Games for Water Management: A Comparative Q-Method Study in The Netherlands and China

Zhou

Mayer

2017

Water

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How do policy analysts perceive the various roles that Models, Simulations and Games (MSG) have, or can have in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)? Fifty-five policy analysts in water management in The Netherlands and China were interviewed, following the procedure of the Q-method. Comparative analysis of the combined quantitative and qualitative data show that: (1) The debate on the role of MSG for IWRM is structured around five frames in The Netherlands and three frames in China. (2) The frames in The Netherlands and China are significantly different. (3) In China, there is a predominant frame that perceives MSG for IWRM as data driven simulation technology for rationalization of water management, which is less significant in The Netherlands. (4) The reverse is true with regard to MSG for stakeholder interaction, learning and integrated assessment, which are significant frames in The Netherlands, but not in China. The conclusion is that frame differences can easily confuse professional and academic debate about MSG for water management; within the same institutional and cultural context, but even more so in Netherlands-China co-operation projects. Frames are also relevant when designing, using or evaluating innovative methods for integrated water resources management.

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“…Role playing games have been used as a support tool for studies regarding: sustainable development [11], intelligent agricultural systems [12], climate change and management of water [13,14], to name a few. The technique has also been applied in the educational field regarding studies of symbolic training [15], improvement of the oral expression [16], argumentative competences [17], assessment of college learning and development of the creative and emotional potential of college students [18,19].…”

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Application of the role-play technique for the promotion of cooperative learning in academic programs

Martelo¹,

Gomez²,

Castillo³

2017

IJET

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Abstract-The aim of this research was to promote the development of cooperative learning in university academic programs through the application of the role-play techniques, which contribute to the formation of cooperative behaviours. A model that specifies the actions done, based on in a preexperimental design was implemented that disposed of a pre-test and post-test to evaluate the impact of the technique. Based on a case study focused on the Systems Engineering program at the University of La Guajira -Colombia, it was obtained as the result the appropriation of significant learning related to software development methodologies in 20 students of the Software Engineering II course. The application of the technique allowed the knowledge appropriation of each role assigned within of a software development project through SCRUM methodology.Keyword -Cooperative learning, meaningful learning, role-play, software development methodologies, academic program. I. INTRODUCTIONHigher education is considered a mean to promote the development and consolidation of the countries. There are many ways in which Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) can contribute to particular environments within their contexts [1]. Thus, awareness of the changes that are triggered by aspects such as technology, science and innovation developments, becomes of high importance for these organizations. The above with the purpose of encouraging students to develop abilities which allow them to confront all kinds of situations [2].The teaching approach represents one of the fundamental aspects of fulfilling such objective, as it makes it possible for the students to learn by involving their previous knowledge and motivations as a function of their own personal and professional projects [3]. This approach appeals to the interest and enthusiasm of the students, which depends on factors including content, presentation and instructor-student relation. These, in turn, are influenced by time, the number of students and the instructor's abilities [4]. However, teaching methods and techniques are often based on traditional education systems where students receive knowledge as al unalterable, unquestionable truth [5]. This situation leads to the standardization of knowledge transmission and reception in a limited way which does not cover personal meanings and transform potential components into secondary ones [6].The above, along with new scenarios that are constantly faced by Higher Educational Institutions, has led to the search of new teaching and learning perspectives where the student could construct his own knowledge. This phenomenon contributed to the emergence of new approaches associated with relations, attitudes and solidary values such as cooperative learning, which seeks to impulse adaptation to the work and social environment of the student by emphasizing group work [7]. Some of the purposes of this approach are: to encourage the active participation of the student in the learning process; to increase learning via student-student interaction, to ...

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A role playing game to address future water management issues in a large irrigated system: Experience from Mali

Cited by 46 publications

References 34 publications

Tools for adaptive governance for complex social-ecological systems: a review of role-playing-games as serious games at the community-policy interface

Tools for adaptive governance for complex social-ecological systems: a review of role-playing-games as serious games at the community-policy interface

Models, Simulations and Games for Water Management: A Comparative Q-Method Study in The Netherlands and China

Application of the role-play technique for the promotion of cooperative learning in academic programs

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