Kesämielellä: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:20:33 +0000 - Minä kuulen, kuin kukkaset kasvavat ja metsässä puhuvat puut. Minä luulen, nyt kypsyvät unelmat ja toivot ja touot muut. -Eino Leino- Filed under: Päivän ajatus, Suomeksi
Heittäytymisestä: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:53:59 +0000 - “Nuorempana peitin omat pelkoni ja epävarmuuteni yliaktiivisella yrittämisellä ja kovalla mesoamisella. Mutta itseluottamuksen karttuessa on ollut valtavan hienoa huomata, kuinka luottamus tarttuu myös työryhmään ja sieltä takaisin minuun. Antautuminen vuorovaikutukseen on äärimmäisen tärkeää! On muistettava, että jos suojelee itseään, ei voi edellyttää toisenkaan heittäytyvän.” Ohjaaja Pekka Milonoff kirjassa Miten minusta tuli minä? (Marko Gustafsson) Filed [...]
Empowering the inspired: Thu, 06 May 2010 19:06:18 +0000 - “My message is this: if you want to change the culture of the company or nation, it is worth while to put all the efforts to empower the ones who are inspired. To decrease byrocracy and guarantee the resources for these people. Let those, who are against the changes, go to their rooms. When they [...]
Miksi toiset tiimit on parempia kuin toiset?: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:05:00 +0000 - Luin tänään aamulla lentokentällä kissankokoisilla kirjaimilla tehdyn mainoksen: Miksi toiset tiimit on parempia kuin toiset vaikka kaikilla on käytössään viimeisin teknologia ja osaaminen? Team is money. Filed under: Päivän ajatus, Suomeksi Tagged: team
Collaborative creativity jamming: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:53:34 +0000 - Studies in creativity and collaboration in teams have pointed out that one can get addicted to the flow experience that comes only from group creativity. Conditions for group creativity are rarely found in large organisations, which tend to focus on structure, script and process and limit the opportunities for improvisation. Some individuals seek the flow [...]
Games industry is the new flagship of northern Finland: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:56:13 +0000 - Oulu Games Cluster released a new magazine for interest groups at the Game Developers Conference, San Francisco today. The magazine introduces game companies of northern Finland along with some of their games and their makers. The magazine is freely available online: www.ludocraft.com/pellaaja Read the article by Ville Wittenberg from .maxping. Filed under: In English Tagged: multiplayer [...]
We never educate directly: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:21:29 +0000 - “We never educate directly, but indirectly by means of the environment.” -John Dewey- Filed under: A thought of the day, In English Tagged: context, learning, NoviCraft, serious games
Things that you cannot talk about: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:05:09 +0000 - There are things that you cannot talk about. But it does not mean that the things would not exist. -thought by Wittgenstein- Filed under: A thought of the day, In English Tagged: exist, talk
Kokonaisuuksien ymmärtäminen: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:34:55 +0000 - Sitran Marco Steinberg kertoo (Kauppalehti Optio 18.2.2010) näkemyksensä ja suhteensa designiin sanoen, että haluaa ihmisten ymmärtävän, että design ei ole pelkkää muotoilua vaan sillä on strateginen merkitys. Sen avulla pystyy näkemään kokonaisuuksia, hahmottamaan monimutkaisia asioita ja liimaamaan asioita toisiinsa. Ei terveydenhuollon parantamisessakaan tärkeintä ole tehokkaampien lääkkeiden tai laitteiden kehittäminen vaan kokonaisuuksien ymmärtäminen. Filed under: Päivän [...]

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NoviCraft - Awareness game

NoviCraft is a multiplayer 3D game developed for teambuilding and leadership training. It is an excellent awareness application for trainers, HRD specialists and consultants for assessing, building, and developing leaders, teams and team work in various organizations.

Game sessions are designed to maximize team members’ and leaders’ awareness of the topics critical for successful team collaboration through reflection after the game. This, instead, supports organizations to reach business goals.

NoviCraft is always played over a network connection with a voice connection so physical location is not a restrictive element.

NoviCraft has been developed through academic research on leadership, social interaction, multicultural collaboration, distributed team work, and game development. The game guarantees immersion and emotional attachment for the learning events.


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Research articles

Leinonen, P., Järvelä, S., and Häkkinen, P. (2005): Conceptualizing the Awareness of Collaboration: A Qualitative Study of a Global Virtual Team. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol. 14, pp. 301-322.

Leinonen, P. and Järvelä, S. (2006). Facilitating Interpersonal Evaluation of Knowledge in a Context of Distributed Team Collaboration. British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 37, no 6, 897-916.

Bluemink, J. and Leinonen, P. (2008). Gate for Collaboration team game: How team members construct shared understanding in collaborative interaction? University of Oulu, Faculty of Education, Educational Technology Research Unit.