Alex Rayón

A serious game to develop and assess teamwork competency

In this paper we present the main basis of teamwork competency, and how we integrate its development and assessment in a serious game we are developing at the University of Deusto. We describe the game-design process, methodology used, and how it affects the final design. Some of the analyzed aspects of gamification are also pointed out. It describes how we include development mechanisms to assess and monitor teamwork competency. The game collects, without interfering with the user, the necessary data to measure teamwork competency, and to enable the complete analysis of the project within the company in which it is used.

Serious Games for the Development of Employment Oriented Competences

This paper presents the research work carried out by an interdisciplinary group of technologists, educators, and entertainment experts from the University of Deusto to develop a serious game to practice generic skills in job-oriented education. This innovative serious game focuses on entrepreneurship skills and problem solving competences. Technology is a facilitator for a new teaching methodology, but it also imposes certain restrictions to be considered by the entire project team.

Heterogeneous Educational Data Integration and Knowledge Discovery to Supporting Competency Assessment in SCALA Web Tool

The lack of data interoperability among different educational systems imposes a challenge to data analytics. To face these problems, we have developed SCALA (Scalable Competency Assessment web platform through a Learning Analytics approach), an integrated analytics system that employs Learning Analytics techniques to visualize in a single interface enriched indicators to teachers and learners, gaining insights into their habits and the impact of their learning activities.