Talks and presentations

Designing a 2D Platform Game with Mathematics Curriculum

November 28, 2019

Paper presentation, 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Athens, Greece, November 27–29, 2019, Proceedings, Athens, Greece

The presentation concerns the design of a math game, the “Mario Maths” You can see the game here.The game was designed by Christos Sotides and the code is available on Github here for potential improvements, suggestions, and bugs report.

Adapting a Classic Platform Video Game to the Carbohydrate Counting Method for Insulin-Dependent Diabetics

September 26, 2019

Paper presentation, 5th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, Valencia, Spain

The presentation is about the design of a health game that aims to teach the Carbohydrate Counting Method for Insulin-Dependent Diabetics. The game was developed by Nikolaos Vassilakis and the code is available on the Github here for potential bugs report, improvements, and suggestions.

Serious Games in Education

September 29, 2018

Summer School Talk, Educational Technologies, Ionian University, Department of Informatics, Summer School, September 2018, Corfu, Greece

A talk inspired by my dissertation A Video-game making approach in Science Education: Exploring Computational Thinking Skills Development and Student Motivation.