Civic Gaming Project at Concordia University

Civic Gaming Project at Concordia University

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The Civic Gaming Project conducts research into whether video games can be useful citizenship educat

At the Civic Gaming Project, we investigate games that may help citizens learn to reflect on important social questions. We have conducted research on the education impact of games that simulate nuclear destruction (DEFCON) and the effects of climate climate change (Fate of the World). Currently, we are investigating a new game on the iOS platform. The Civic Gaming Project is headed by Dr. David W

01/09/2015

We've finished data collection for all of our Get Water! video game studies. Many thanks to all of our participants. We'll let you know when results start being presented and published.

06/09/2014

I'm really pleased to see that people are continuing to participate in our Civic Gaming Project! Our intrepid researchers, Wanting Zou and Emily Sheepy, are doing a great job!

If you or your friends live in the Montreal area, own an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, and are interested in participating, why not fill out our screening test?

The screening test is available here: http://fluidsurveys.com/s/iOS-game-study-screener/

If you qualify, you'll be asked to fill out a pretest, and one of our research assistants will contact you soon to arrange for a lab session. If you complete the tests and the lab session, you'll get $15!

05/20/2014

You can also find out more about our work in this video, produced by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

05/20/2014

See the latest article from the Civic Gaming Project here...

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