From April-May 2022, approximately 40 Nigerian undergraduates and senior secondary school students were trained by a team of experts from Wentworth Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, New York University, and Geek Girls Collaborative, inc., in a virtual workshop to create social impact games for understanding the people's perception of discrimination, education, bullying, jobs, families, relationships, etc, and analyze valuable data from these games. This evolved in the implementation of 7 social impact games by these talented Nigerian youths using Study Crafter. We need your assistance to playtest a few or all of these games and complete the accompanying questionnaires so that we can mutually advance our understanding of human behavior. The games are listed below with their associated survey links. You can also find a direct link to the game collection on the program page: https://www.computergeeky.org/gasi.html#play
Also feel free to also share the information within your network.
A game about social perception of trust and sexual abuse (https://studycrafter.com/project/oliveroni123/gasi)
Survey form: https://forms.gle/tWNiJJG3uyLUri1f7
A game about social perception of bullying in schools (https://studycrafter.com/project/amybae/mia-project/)
Survey form: https://forms.gle/1nwjhrLhPcDYxhvG6
A game about women and entrepreneurship (https://studycrafter.com/project/studycrafter5/entrepreneur1/)
Survey form: https://forms.gle/yPsSdZ25e3483RL37
A game about gender bias in students' performance at school (https://studycrafter.com/project/phrankie/phrankie-gasi-project/)
Survey form: https://forms.gle/SPfq3r8QQxbZC8TR9
A game about women and their career choices (https://studycrafter.com/project/studycrafter9/philip-project/)
Survey form: https://forms.gle/PFytPoySHkE2eEbYA
A game about child-bearing in families: https://studycrafter.com/project/studycrafter9/feranmi-project/
Survey form: https://forms.gle/fiQ4igLW6aTubrNY7
A game about women and their workplace settings https://studycrafter.com/project/adesewa-a/new-project-1-remix-2/
Survey form: https://forms.gle/3Dzoo9a9Zoxwb8sg7
A game about bias in the gender of a newborn baby https://studycrafter.com/project/dexnexusz/golden-child/
Survey form: https://forms.gle/SaoRjpGf1yGjB1CW9
A virtual training on design thinking, game development and analysis for senior secondary/High school and undergraduate students from Nigeria
Every Saturday from 1pm - 3pm Nigeria time
April 30 - May 28 2022
The Game for Social Impact (GaSI) Bootcamp is free game development and analysis training event organized by the Geek Girls Collaborative, on the design and analysis of digital games for social impact.
GaSI 2022 (Virtual) is organized in collaboration with researchers from Nigeria and United States to empower senior secondary/high school and undergraduate students on the fundamentals of design thinking, game design, and analysis using StudyCrafter, a free engine for creating, playing, sharing, and analyzing gamified projects.
In recognition of Women's History Month, and International Women's Day (IWD) 2022, the theme for GaSI 2022 is #BreakTheBias.
Every Saturday, for 4 weeks, participants will learn design thinking, game design, and data analysis by working collaboratively in teams to create social impact games on a topic of interest to address the challenges of women's empowerment and equity in Africa.
All participants will receive free mobile data (up to 10gb internet plan) if they successfully complete the program
Program highlights:
- Learn the fundamentals of design thinking, game design, and analysis
- Learn how to create social impact games using Study Crafter
- Join a team and learn collaboration skills
- Pick a topic of interest
- Gamify your idea by creating a social impact game
- Publish your game for playtesting and data collection
- Conduct experiments by analyzing your game data
- work under the guidance of a GGC Mentor through the program
Participation is free but space is limited. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate
Application deadline: April 21, 2022 at 11:59pm, Nigeria time
For inquiries, please email yetunde@acm.org
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