REPLAY PROJECT - Gaming Technology Platform for Social Reintegration of Marginalised Youth

Francisco Ibáñez, James Playfoot, Maria Elena Fabregat, Maria Costa, Sonia Torres, Carmen Cretu

2010

Abstract

The aim of European Commission founded project REPLAY is to develop a gaming technology platform to provide young people who have become marginalised in society as a result of anti social behaviour with a learning environment to facilitate their reintegration into society. Although scalable to a range of marginalised groups such as immigrants, children with learning disabilities, retirees etc, REPLAY will focus on the education and reeducation of young people whose behaviour might be a problem for the communities in which they live. The project is funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. It is a collaboration between seven partners in Spain, Romania and the UK. The coordinating partner is Brainstorm Multimedia, a technology company based in Valencia. Brainstorm lead the game development phase of the project. Innovatec, an SME based in Alicante, provides an innovative balance board interface into the game technology platform. AIJU, a toy research institute also based in Alicante, offers feedback throughout the process on the efficacy of the game. Alexander John Cuza University is the oldest academic institution in Romania: the Centre for Applied Research in Education participate in all phases of work. White Loop, a London based consultancy, contributes with particular focus on measuring the social and organisational impact of the game. Alongside three 'testbeds': in Romania, Rotalent, an NGO involved in exploring how giftedness affects behaviour and marginalisation; in Spain, the El Cerezo Day Centre, a facility whose main objective is to help reintegrate troubled young people back into society through actively encouraging the development of social capabilities and values; and Woolwhich Polytechnic School in UK participating as a volunteer organisation In the paper we establish the main requirements in the design of the gaming paltaform based on experts opinions obtained in semi-in-depth interviews and Focus Groups. The gaming platform has been developed based on these requirements and it is under evaluation by the end users and review by experts from the European Commission.Innovation, technology, research projects, etc.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ibáñez F., Playfoot J., Elena Fabregat M., Costa M., Torres S. and Cretu C. (2010). REPLAY PROJECT - Gaming Technology Platform for Social Reintegration of Marginalised Youth . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: GPERP, (CSEDU 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-024-5, pages 489-495. DOI: 10.5220/0002861804890495

in Bibtex Style

@conference{gperp10,
author={Francisco Ibáñez and James Playfoot and Maria Elena Fabregat and Maria Costa and Sonia Torres and Carmen Cretu},
title={REPLAY PROJECT - Gaming Technology Platform for Social Reintegration of Marginalised Youth},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: GPERP, (CSEDU 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={489-495},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002861804890495},
isbn={978-989-674-024-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: GPERP, (CSEDU 2010)
TI - REPLAY PROJECT - Gaming Technology Platform for Social Reintegration of Marginalised Youth
SN - 978-989-674-024-5
AU - Ibáñez F.
AU - Playfoot J.
AU - Elena Fabregat M.
AU - Costa M.
AU - Torres S.
AU - Cretu C.
PY - 2010
SP - 489
EP - 495
DO - 10.5220/0002861804890495