The Influence of Trainee Gaming Experience and Computer Self-Efficacy on Learner Outcomes of Videogame-Based Learning Environments

Are Soldiers Gamers? Videogame Usage among Soldiers and Implications for the Effective Use of Serious Videogames for Military Training

“…Further, Orvis et al's (2007Orvis et al's ( , 2009) findings from the U.S. Military Academy effort suggested that trainees' prior videogame experience may influence their future outcomes in training programs that incorporate videogames. Specifically, they found that trainees more experienced with games had higher training performance and reported higher levels of training satisfaction, greater ease using a training game interface, and increased motivation to train with a game-based system (Orvis et al, 2007(Orvis et al, , 2009. They also found that previous videogame experience may influence how trainees collaborate in team-based, videogame-based training environments (Orvis et al, 2007).…”

“…They found that approximately 60% of those surveyed reported that they had no or very limited videogame experience in the past year (Orvis et al, 2007(Orvis et al, , 2009). In the present research, we found that over 40% of soldiers across rank reported that they never/rarely play videogames, and approximately 50% reported they play no more than once a month.…”

“…Likewise, Young et al found that individuals with a greater degree of prior videogame experience scored higher on a PC-based work sample test with a strong resemblance to a videogame compared to those with less prior experience. Prior videogame experience has also been found to influence other training outcomes, such as training motivation, satisfaction, and time on task (Orvis et al, 2009;Orvis, Orvis, Belanich, & Mullin, 2007;Young et al).…”

“…To begin to address this gap in the literature, in 2005, Orvis and colleagues initiated a 2-year research effort investigating the frequency of videogame usage among over 750 future U.S. Army Officers (i.e., U.S. Military Academy cadets; see Orvis et al, 2007Orvis et al, , 2009. Their findings were consistent across the 2 years and found that as many as 60% of the cadets reported that they had no or very limited videogame experience in the past year, numbers that clearly differ from ESA's (2006) findings.…”

Effects of Personal Helicopter Oxygen Delivery System (PHODS) Nasal Cannula Installation on the Lateral Impact Protection of the HGU-56/P Aircrew Integrated Helmet System (AIHS)

“…gn n Based on information gathered from previous research and observations made from the OLIVE system, user profiles and contextual task analyses were developed for each I user group (Orvis, Orvis, Belanich, & Mullin, 2005). The usability attributes, which would define the goals for (future) user testing, are summarized in a Usability Specification Matrix in Appendix A.…”