The Virtual River Game: Gaming using models to collaboratively explore river management complexity

Haan, Robert-Jan den; Voort, Mascha C. van der; Baart, Fedor; Berends, Koen Daniël; Berg, Marc van den; Straatsma, Menno; Geenen, Anouk; Hulscher, Suzanne J.M.H.

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104855

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“…den Haan et al [9] Virtual River Game Players collaboratively experiment with river management options and understand the implications and trade-offs on physical system.…”

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“…This involves designing game mechanisms such as mechanisms of cooperation in the multiplayer mode, decisions available for different player roles, C# scripts to enable communication between the KEE and UI [7,12]. The design aspect must also take into account the duration that players have to spend in a game session [9]. Particularly when the game utilises an SD model with a lengthy simulation duration, the game design should be able to summarise the time step to produce a reasonable game duration.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These workshops were also useful to further identify bugs and to consider their feedback. The indicators to measure their overall impressions and cognitive and relational learning outcomes were adapted from den Haan et al [9] using a five-point Likert scale (between -2 to indicate strong disagreement and 2 to indicate strong agreement to each statement).…”

Section: Quality Assurancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Collaborative tools such as serious games have been increasingly used to make a complex model more accessible to stakeholders [7][8][9]. Serious games attempt to create an experiential learning environment by simplifying complex models into an immersive and user-friendly interface.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Serious games attempt to create an experiential learning environment by simplifying complex models into an immersive and user-friendly interface. It offers stakeholders a safe environment to experiment with different types of decisions and reflect on the outcomes [8,9]. Rodela et al [10] categorises serious games as learning-based interventions where stakeholders can initiate dialogue and activities to contribute to social learning.…”

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confidence: 99%

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R3SOLVE: A Serious Game to Support End-of-Life Rooftop Solar Panel Waste Management

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A complex systems model is necessary to holistically address the end-of-life (EoL) solar panel waste problem. However, there is a significant challenge in communicating such a model to stakeholders. Serious games can overcome this challenge by simplifying a complex model via a user-friendly interface. It enables stakeholders to experiment with different decisions and understand their long-term impacts in a safe environment. In this paper, a serious game called R3SOLVE was designed from a previously developed system dynamics (SD) model. The goal of the game is to achieve certain collection and recovery outcomes through a mix of decisions ranging from product stewardship strategies, landfill regulation, technological investment, promotional effort, reuse strategy, and infrastructure improvement. The game has a single player mode, where a player can access all decisions, and a multiplayer (turn-based) mode, where two players with different roles work collaboratively to achieve the desired outcome. Rewards and penalties also exist in the game to promote players’ extrinsic motivation to use critical thinking. Both game modes have been tested in separate workshops to identify bugs and issues regarding goal clarity and in-game information. Future directions to conduct stakeholder workshops and the evaluation approach are also suggested at the end of this paper.

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“…den Haan et al [9] Virtual River Game Players collaboratively experiment with river management options and understand the implications and trade-offs on physical system.…”

Section: Sušnik Et Al [7] Sim4nexusmentioning

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Knowledge co‐production and researcher roles in transdisciplinary environmental management projects

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Calls for transformative change and participatory modes of knowledge production demand researchers to assume new roles. This paper synthesizes the literature on knowledge co-production and researcher roles to explore challenges for researchers involved in transdisciplinary environmental management projects. Our research methods combine a scoping review and reflections on personal experiences with three transdisciplinary projects. To conceptualize researcher roles in transdisciplinary knowledge co-production, we distinguish between three spaces: knowledge, formal policy, and stakeholder. Knowledge co-production requires collaboration between actors from different spaces and integration of diverse knowledge sources and types.Depending on whether researchers adopt knowledge-oriented, change-oriented or intermediating roles, they will experience different challenges. When researchers combine knowledge development with change-oriented and/or intermediating roles, they encounter new challenges, such as, maintaining independence or objectivity. To assist researchers in transdisciplinary projects, we conclude with a checklist of four elements to reflect upon: orientation, norms and values, expectations and resources.

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System dynamics gamification: A proposal for shared principles

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As gamification has been gaining ground in research practice, system dynamics is no exemption. Despite the long tradition of system dynamics gamification, capitalizing on lessons learned from previous experiences is still challenging for practitioners. Specifically, the extant literature introduces a repertoire of system dynamics-based simulators and games under quite divergent perspectives and nomenclatures, while a comprehensive set of practical 'how-to-gamify' guidelines and a resource repository are lacking. Thus, this research aims to propose a set of shared principles by (i) providing an embryonic definition of system dynamics gamification and (ii) framing the most relevant challenges and drivers, to fill in the literature gaps and allow for effective knowledge accumulation. Overall, this work anticipates rendering gamification as a recognized branch of the systems dynamics domain by establishing a common language and recommending directions to improve practice and research efforts.

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The Virtual River Game: Gaming using models to collaboratively explore river management complexity

Cited by 19 publications

References 64 publications

R3SOLVE: A Serious Game to Support End-of-Life Rooftop Solar Panel Waste Management

R3SOLVE: A Serious Game to Support End-of-Life Rooftop Solar Panel Waste Management

Knowledge co‐production and researcher roles in transdisciplinary environmental management projects

System dynamics gamification: A proposal for shared principles

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