Games Serious and Social

Includes applications to learning in clinical settings

According to the Construction Industry Institute, CII's October 2009 White Paper Serious Gaming in Construction, authored by Aivars E. Krumins, P.E., some companies have begun going to high schools and even elementary and middle schools to introduce students to engineering and the construction industry.

Set on a fictitious island called Sheylan riven by drought and war, Food Force invites children to complete six virtual missions that reflect real-life obstacles faced by WFP in its emergency responses both to the tsunami and other hunger crises around the world.

UCLA researchers have created a crowd-sourced online gaming system in which players distinguish malaria-infected red blood cells from healthy ones by viewing digital images obtained from microscopes. 

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Agent Surefire: Breach Buster is a Cybersecurity Serious Game created for ESET USA - a leading security solutions provider for corporate, home and mobile phone users - powered by MAVI Serious Game Engine, and deployed over the Web, Facebook and LMS.

The Serious Game, which is based on real-world Cyber Crime scenarios, immerses players in an adventure context that relies on a plethora of security breach situations to build awareness around Information Security.

Innov8, a "serious game" created by IBM to educate users about business process management.