A Synset-Based Recommender Method for Mixed-Initiative Narrative World Creation

A narrative world (NW) is an environment which supports enacting a given story. Manually creating virtual NWs (e.g. for games and films) requires considerable creative and technical skills, in addition to a deep understanding of the story in question. Procedural generation methods, in turn, generally lack in creativity and have a hard time...

Exploring Multiple Perspectives in Citizenship Education with a Serious Game

Within citizenship education, a new focus is being laid upon what is expected of citizens within a diverse and lightning-fast society: more emphasis is placed on teaching students how to understand and respect other people’s opinions, regardless of how they may contrast with one’s own. However, learning to be tolerant with others’ viewpoints...