Pavarini, G;
Alí, S;
George, L;
Kariyawasam, L;
Lorimer, J;
Tomat, N;
Wang, K;
... Singh, I; + view all
(2020)
Gamifying bioethics.
In:
Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference: Extended Abstracts.
(pp. pp. 320-325).
ACM: New York, USA.
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Abstract
Research in bioethics largely relies on interviews and surveys, which engage participants with scenarios that are distal in time and place to an actual situation. However, context and embodiment are relevant to moral decision-making. Due to the potential to immerse participants in a simulated environment, purpose-built games and scenarios might prove valuable as empirical tools. As a case study of gamifying bioethics, we describe the co-design and implementation of "What Lies Ahead?", a digital role-play scenario for research with adolescents. "What Lies Ahead?" engages young people with ethical issues related to predictive technologies in psychiatry. As preliminary evidence of the validity of this gamified approach, we report qualitative results suggesting that the role-play was immersive, and elicited authentic responses and reflective thinking in adolescent participants. Even though application of game-play mechanics is rare in bioethics, we find digital role-play to be a powerful tool that collects data through real-time, realistic scenarios.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gamifying bioethics |
| Event: | IDC '20: Interaction Design and Children |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3397617.3397823 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3397617.3397823 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10110928 |
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