A Digital Game to Learn About Open Data

The implementation of open data policies requires the efforts of many public employees across different levels of government, who may be unaware of the benefits and risks of open data. Serious games have demonstrated potential for training in a professional environment. For this research, a collabor...

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Published inElectronic Government Vol. LNCS-12850; pp. 153 - 164
Main Authors Di Staso, Davide, Kleiman, Fernando, Crompvoets, Joep, Janssen, Marijn
Format Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2021
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Computer Science
Covid-19
Gaming
Humanities and Social Sciences
Library and information sciences
Open data
Open data policy
Serious games
Serious games
Covid-19
Open data policy
Gaming
Open data
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Summary:The implementation of open data policies requires the efforts of many public employees across different levels of government, who may be unaware of the benefits and risks of open data. Serious games have demonstrated potential for training in a professional environment. For this research, a collaborative digital serious game about open data was developed. A sample of 24 civil servants played the game. Pre-test and post-test surveys were used to evaluate the effects of the game on participants’ perception of open data. Likert score changes between pre-test and post-test indicated that the game had a positive effect on the willingness to share public sector data. By simulating the setting of a public office and by having players make decisions about whether to open certain datasets, the game facilitated learning about the benefits and disadvantages of opening data.
ISBN:3030847888
9783030847883
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-84789-0_11